Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The problem of wealth in America is that it is establishing permanent dynasties which ...
The problem of wealth in America is that it is establishing permanent dynasties which are incompatible with social mobility. In other words, we have created a new hereditary aristocracy - and its corollary, a new hereditary peasantry:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/19/dynastic-wealth/#casteHereditary aristocracies are poisonous for lots of reasons, but one of the most pressing problems they present is political destabilization.
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