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honestly at this point I think billionaires becoming the absolute ruling council of the US might be way better than what we have now.

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You're under the impression they're not???

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they probably have decent influence, which makes me feel slightly relieved

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"decent influence" is a very strange way of saying basic veto power for any policy they don't like through their lobbyists, etc

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There's many policies in place with low support from economic elites: high capital gains taxes, rent control, NIMBY zoning, protectionism, immigration restrictions. You may debate the merit of each, but they clearly demonstrate that billionaires frequently lose to populists

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So you're relieved they have "decent influence", but you deplore the current state of affairs? How do you think we got here?

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