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Topic: Oligarchy

Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA is starting to see the real Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Disgust over Musk's $1 trillion payout

Garrett Owen
Donald Trump | Trump Tower (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Greed vs. integrity in the Age of Trump

Chauncey DeVega
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump Jr., Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Usha Vance, Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum and Vice President-elect JD Vance applaud during the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's triumphant celebration of scams

Amanda Marcotte
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden's unprecedented farewell warning

Austin Sarat
Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA "populism" was a con job

Amanda Marcotte
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg (Getty Images/Salon)

Making American oligarchy great again

Heather Digby Parton
Nikki Haley, Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

US oligarchy and the fight for democracy

Gregg Barak
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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis addresses attendees on day one of the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Why the right is so terrified of "woke"

Kirk Swearingen
Ken Paxton and Clarence Thomas (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Thomas and Paxton: Oligarchy at work

Austin Sarat, Dennis Aftergut
Elon Musk, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

No, Elon, America isn't a "gerontocracy"

Winslow Erik Wright
U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) (L), Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Vice Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), listen during a hearing on the January 6th investigation in the Cannon House Office Building on June 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Jan. 6 committee: Pointless spectacle

Chris Hedges
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X (Twitter) and Tesla CEO Elon Musk (PATRICK PLEUL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Media gets it wrong on Musk and Twitter

Nolan Higdon
Donald Trump supporters wait for him to speak at a rally | Group of businessmen (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

America's fate: Oligarchy or autocracy?

Chris Hedges
Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Don't be fooled by Joe Biden

Chris Hedges
Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden can't paper over the rot

Chris Hedges
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Some billionaires having a good time, and the common folk affected by the pandemic (Getty Images/Salon)

The great pandemic wealth transfer

Bob Hennelly
Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates (Salon/AP Photo)

Why are we waiting for billionaires?

Kate Yoder - Grist
EMS workers wearing PPE load a COVID-19 patient into an ambulance in front of a CityMD amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 12, 2020 in New York City (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

The ruling class is making this worse

Bob Hennelly
Alex Gibney (Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

Alex Gibney on Putin and the oligarchs

Andrew O'Hehir
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Are we headed for another Civil War?

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at U.S. Bank Arena, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Robert Reich: The real divide

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
Russian oligarch Oleg V. Deripaska and American businessman David H. Koch (Pascal Le Segretain/Lars Niki/Getty Images/Salon)

Does only Russia have "oligarchs"?

Alan MacLeod - FAIR
Donald Trump; Bernie Sanders (Reuters/Mike Segar/AP/Alan Diaz/Photo montage by Salon)

America's real divide

Robert Reich
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