Maxim Thorne: Supersized Philanthropy and Diminished Democracy

Maxim Thorne: Supersized Philanthropy and Diminished Democracy:
 America at its revolutionary founding explicitly rejected monarchy and gentry. Yet in the last few decades Americans have passively allowed a group of people to control our lives in ways that seem very un-American. "Too Big to Fail," "Too Big to Jail," the 1% have become very analogous to the ruling royals of nations whose systems Americans reject

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