Golden Age of pluocracy IMHO. Musk, Bezos, Thiel -- we've seen nothing like it since the late 19th century.
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Replying to @Outsideness @rec0nciler
Golden Age of plutocracy was probably the very beginning of the progressive ratchet. the cartels needed the state.
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Replying to @cyborg_nomade @rec0nciler
John D. Rockefeller put up a pretty good fight against the encroaching progressive state, but not good enough.
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New York bankers were very eager to get a federal regulatory state
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NY bankers 'wanted' regulation in the way that Sicilian princes wanted the Risorgimento..
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..that is, they played nice in order to preserve what they could after the writing was on the wall.
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