"Armed with billions by the mortal enemy of the demos " the oligarchs and corporations " the political elites, Republicans and Democrats, destroyed the careers of those politicians who resisted.

They crushed labor unions. They blacklisted honest journalists and consolidated the press into the hands of a handful of corporations and oligarchs.

They slashed regulations that constrained unfettered greed and protected the population from predatory corporations and environmental toxins.

They passed legislation that created a de facto tax boycott for the rich " Trump famously paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the 15 years prior to his presidency " while stripping the country of its industry and throwing some 30 million people out of work.

Wealth is no longer created by producing or manufacturing. It is created by manipulating the prices of stocks and commodities and imposing a crippling debt peonage on the public."

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