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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by bmitc on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:50PM (#23912216)
I agree with you in that wealthy people are given too much power in the U.S. In the U.S., becoming wealthy has somehow become a fast pass to do basically whatever you want and inflict change that could affect millions of people negatively or be self-beneficial (to the wealthy person) or both.

Allowing individuals to accumulate so much wealth is just not good for the common people, and the fact that our government is so inept at managing money isn't a good enough reason to allow individuals to reach such power and wealth. If they are allowed to accumulate such wealth, there should be much stronger laws preventing their influence in government policies.

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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by coliveira on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:13PM (#23912409)
Americans understood this fully well 100 years ago. That's why we nowadays still have laws against monopolies (antitrust). The antitrust laws were created not just for an abstract reason, they were meant to curtail the power of the Robber Barons of the time, who managed to create powerful companies and control large parts of the country's economy and politics. Due to propaganda spread by the same kind of people, we are now almost in a similar situation, with a small group holding almost unmitigated power over the country. At this point billionaires are only disputing among themselves for the direction of the country, they really don't care the least for what you and me think.
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by 8ytecoder on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:54PM (#23912239)
Almost like a warlord. They have the power to rule us (albeit indirectly) with their wealth and lobbying power instead of weapons and fear.
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by Frondo on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:45PM (#23912677)
When I saw that Jeff Bezos increased his wealth by $13 billion in a single day recently, when 28 million Americans are facing potential eviction, I just thought...we have kings again.
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