Why Won’t They Just Say “Capitalism?” (noncompetemedia.substack.com)

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The progressive fixation on “oligarchy” is a diversion from class struggle.

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[-] NotAnOtter@lemmus.org 5 points 3 days ago

But is “oligarchy” truly an accurate name for the enemy?

Yes. Full stop - yes. A few hundred extremely rich people having massive influence over the society is an oligarchy and calling it anything else is imprecise.

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