I'm glad this issue was raised in this thread - because it is directly applicable! We are developing a plutocratic aristocracy, and Trump's family is just a part of it. His daughter, Ivanka, married into an incestuously close "real estate mogul" family. Goldman Sachs partnerships are passed from father to son, literally.
Beyond the conspiracy theories and into the real world, there is developing a
Plutocracy Cartel, where leading "families" are literally marrying into other ones. They share boards of directorships and bedrooms. And it is killing our country.
5 signs America is devolving into a plutocracy That last story was written
before the election of a petty plutocrat who is dragging the moneyed elites into his administration directly.
Donald Trump is assembling the richest administration in modern American history - WaPo (subscription).
When George W. Bush assembled his first Cabinet in 2001, news reports dubbed them a team of millionaires, and government watchdogs questioned whether they were out of touch with most Americans’ problems. Combined, that group had an inflation-adjusted net worth of about $250 million — which is roughly one-tenth the wealth of Donald Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary alone.
Trump is putting together what will be the wealthiest administration in modern American history. His announced nominees for top positions include several multimillionaires, an heir to a family mega-fortune and two Forbes-certified billionaires, one of whose family is worth as much as industrial tycoon Andrew Mellon was when he served as treasury secretary nearly a century ago. Rumored candidates for other positions suggest Trump could add more ultra-rich appointees soon.
