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The Oligarchs are only tangentially concerned with us serfs -- they devote most of their energy competing with each other.

A main rival to Koch and his ilk is Trump -- and vice versa.

Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus fought and maneuvered against each other, and either bribed or oppressed the citizen canaille.
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Once, weapons were manufactured to fight wars; today, wars are manufactured to sell weapons

It is far easier to deceive folks than to convince them they are deceived