America was a "civil oligarchy" in which a tiny and extremely wealthy slice of the population was able to use its vastly superior economic position to promote a brand of politics that served first and foremost itself. The oligarchs in America didn't rule directly, he argued, but instead used their fortunes to produce political results that favored their interests..."Wealth begets power, which begets more wealth."
Over time, they suggest, extreme inequality would naturally stabilize, and a rising tide would lift all boats. (查看原文)
What mattered most, free-market advocates argued, was not equality of results but rather equality of opportunity. As the conservative Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman wrote,"A society that puts equality - in the sense of equality of outcome - ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom... On the other hand, a society that puts freedom first will, as a happy by-product, end up with both greater freedom and greater equality. (查看原文)
0 有用 Lucia 2016-05-15 23:44:25
i want opinions and ideas, not history and facts
0 有用 Mona 2020-01-31 17:13:46
《黑金政治》 听书 看实体 纪录片
0 有用 My Soul 2022-02-19 19:45:50
美国社会被资本主义控制从南北战争后第二次工业革命就开始了。记得20世纪初就有漫画展现美国政客都是背后大资本家的提线木偶。如今,美国政治体制也越发的暴露出是本质的缺陷
0 有用 lll_r 2023-11-17 04:18:08 广西
❶对于抱怨左派强迫别人接受他们的理念的人,❷也看看右派是怎么润物细无声地从各个层面渗透和推销他们理念以实现自己利益的。【在这个纷繁复杂的世界里,保持独立思考精神总是难能可贵的】。
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