politics @lemmy.world · 3 months ago

You Can’t Have Both Democracy and Billionaires

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You Can’t Have Both Democracy and Billionaires

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politics @lemmy.world · 3 months ago

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A new book argues that “Democracy Needs the Rich.” In fact, concentrated wealth destroys any semblance of a democratic society.

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Funny - I think he’s misinterpreting what freedom means

In a 2009 Cato Unbound Thiel wrote: “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”
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  Isn’t that what the billionaires are starting to say?
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    Yes - that’s a quote from Peter Thiel

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