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Rhiannon12866

(225,531 posts) Sat Dec 14, 2024, 04:15 AM Dec 14

Billionaires courting Trump paint picture of oligarchy to come - Alex Wagner - MSNBC

Senator Chris Murphy talks with Alex Wagner about expectations for the coming Trump administration in light of the attention Trump is receiving from billionaires who sense transactional opportunity, and what that means for non-billionaire Americans. - Aired on 12/12/2024.

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Billionaires courting Trump paint picture of oligarchy to come - Alex Wagner - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Dec 14 OP

We need a word for "government by scoundrels." malthaussen Dec 14 #1

There is one hermetic Dec 14 #2

With nuts like Trump and Bob jr in positions of power, Prof. Toru Tanaka Dec 14 #3

malthaussen

(17,810 posts)

1. We need a word for "government by scoundrels."

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 08:56 AM

Dec 14

"Oligarchy" is insufficient.

-- Mal

hermetic

(8,693 posts)

2. There is one

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 09:27 AM

Dec 14

kakistocracy: noun
Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.
Government by the worst men.
Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,379 posts)

3. With nuts like Trump and Bob jr in positions of power,

Reply to hermetic (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 09:31 AM

Dec 14

it’s more like a kookistocracy.

I fear the U.S. will be an oligarchy one day. We are certainly on the path to it and the worst part is that millions of dumb, bigoted, aggrieved citizens voted for it.

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