“When power belongs to just a few, democracy suffers as extreme inequality worsens.”

Is the U.S. witnessing the rise of oligarchy?

“Today an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

Oligarchy in the open: What happens now as the U.S. is forced to confront its plutocracy problem?

“While wealth and politics have always coexisted, oligarchy is about how these forces merge to create a system where the ultra-rich exert undue influence over democratic institutions, Winslow said. “This convergence has long existed in history but is now unfolding in the U.S. more visibly – and perhaps more accepted – than ever before,” he said. ... Yet, these practices also reveal how the government serves the narrow interests of the ultra-wealthy, diverting resources from productive economic opportunities for the majority toward political wins that benefit a small, affluent minority, Winslow said.”

Defining Oligarchy: The Fusion of Wealth and Power in American Democracy

“the government is representing only 10% of the American people. Everyone else is living with something less than democracy.”

The U.S. is an Oligarchy? The Research, Explained

“People want less privatisation, more public ownership, more economic equality, less power for corporations, more for local government and working people. That’s the kind of scale which might be required for any government finally to take back control of the British economy, to make it serve the people rather than subordinating them to the interests of speculators and property developers.”

Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?