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Re:Economic Inequality by cvwright on Saturday January 02, 2016 @06:01PM (#10828439)
Interestingly, at least according to The Atlantic, the political power of these billionaires seems to be failing. This article [1] frames the rise of Donald Trump (!) in the 2016 presidential race as an effect of the growing disconnect between billionaire donors like the Kochs and the Republican voting base.

[1] http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/the-grea...

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Re:Economic Inequality by surrealize on Saturday January 02, 2016 @11:06PM (#10829446)
Donald Trump is going to save us from self-interested billionaires?

This isn't a story about how the political power of billionaires is failing, it's a story about one billionaire winning against some other billionaires. The underlying problem of wealth inequality and its effect on the political system remains.

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