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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by oblio on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @03:52PM (#16017936)
Because democracy stops working when inequality is too great. Regulatory capture and all that.

It's waaaaay harder for you to organize and mobilize your 1000 buddies than it is for 1 billionaire to decide he wants to do something you don't want, such as lobbying politicians to give him a tax break, for example.

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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by hueving on Thursday December 28, 2017 @04:00AM (#16021049)
It's not as hard to organize people along ideological boundaries as you might think. Look at the power of the US political parties, the NRA, unions, etc.

If we want to stop regulatory capture, stop that. Don't worry if it's one person or 1000 behind a movement.

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