She notes that 98% of our government representatives are millionaires+, and asks, basically, "Who do you think they are going to support?"
The current political clash between our somewhat-more-egalitarian democrats, and the ever-more-don't-tax-me GOP, points up where we are. In Jefferson's day the US was one of the most egalitarian societies on the planet, but since the industrial revolution we have seen steadily increasing financial titans. Even FDR put it: "equality of opportunity no longer exists." Remember how Microsoft tried to shut out its competitors, until stopped by the courts? And "even Apple, a huge beneficiary of the open-platform economy, couldn't resist trying to impose its own inferior map app on buyers of the iPhone5."
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