R. Simon Kent

Let's be honest about something most political commentary dances around: oligarchy in America isn't a fringe conspiracy theory or a borrowed insult from a geopolitics lecture. It's a description that serious researchers, political scientists, and increasingly frustrated ordinary citizens have started applying to the United States, and the evidence is hard to wave away. Whether you're on the left, the right, or somewhere in the bleachers wondering why nothing ever seems to change no matter who...

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