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[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

America isn't a democracy. It's a democracy of the rich and always has been, the rest us were begrudgingly allowed a vote over centuries but our influence is still very limited

[–] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

A plutocracy, you might say.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

And yet the Titans of Industry tended to support Clinton over Trump: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/10/25/donald-trump-a-billionaire-shunned-by-the-very-rich

In this case I would have preferred the outcome of the billionaire-backed candidate winning.