Joe Biden warns of ultra-wealthy 'oligarchy' threatening US democracy
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Biden warns of an ultra-wealthy ‘oligarchy’ threatening democracy in the United States as he delivers his farewell address.

US President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation to deliver stark warnings about an “oligarchy” of ultra-wealthy individuals and a “tech-industrial complex” that infringes on Americans’ rights and threatens the future of democracy in the nation.

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    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 days ago

      Not to nitpick, but it has never been a true democracy and was never intended to be one. It's technically a democratic republic.

      At least nominally: it's been a plutocracy and a gerontocracy for a long time, and it's about to become a broligarchy.

          • Nakoichi [they/them]
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            2 days ago

            I would hope the emoji made it clear that "us has never been a democracy" paired with Marx Engels and Lenin would get the gears turning for some people, and anyone that already read any of that would understand the point.

            People are free to ask questions but unfamiliar users from other instances outside of hexbear and lemmygrad and slightly less so lemmy.ml are rightfully treated with suspicion.

            Also their comment was indistinguishable from common right wing talking points about US and democracy.

            • Petter1@lemm.ee
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              2 days ago

              😮 their post is right wing? I see me as left wingy and seem to agree with the person that answered your comment, thinking you two were talking about the same thing?

              • Nakoichi [they/them]
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                2 days ago

                It's technically a democratic republic.

                This is a common right wing talking point and their comment really added nothing that I hadn't already simplified with the comment they were replying to, which is a common right wing response to criticizing the US as not truly being democratic despite its claims.

                "Satire demands clarity of purpose", but so do such ambiguous nitpicking. My intent was clear because I included the references to marx engels and lenin. Their comment was indeed nitpicking and that nitpicking was unclear of purpose.

                • Petter1@lemm.ee
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                  2 days ago

                  Not everyone is told history in the way you know history, it is not common knowledge everywhere.

                  I mean it should, but it isn’t