It used to be that the United States prided itself on being a meritocracy. No more. It is increasingly a country with a cult of money and rule by moneyed elites. Not so much an oligarchy as a monetocracy.
July 3, 2024
The Globalist: Will American Monetocracy Ever Come to an End?
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