We need a new phrase to identify these oligarchs who are reaching out to seize control of our government, our economy, and our culture...
At the founding of our republic, they were referred to as "speculators," "monied interests," or "aristocrats." In the years leading up to the Civil War they were called the "Cotton Lords" and "Plantation Aristocracy." The late 19th century labeled them "Robber Barons," and in the 1930s FDR condemned them as "Economic Royalists."
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