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
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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