Don’t Look Now, But Our Country Is In A Place It Hasn’t Been For Well Over 100 Years

A few definitions to tee this up:Oligarchy: A society where power is in the hands of very few people, usually determined by wealth, corporate and family ties, and the military.The Gilded Age: From the 1870s to the early 1900s, our country was run by very few people (think John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Andrew W.…

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Apr 18, 2014

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