Source: The Peaceful Revolutionist
by David S D’Amato
“The concept of oligarchy is not new, but stretches back thousands of years and has taken on a number of related definitions in the ideas of political theorists and philosophers over time. Recent years have seen high-profile research from, for example, Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page, offering empirical support for the claim that rich corporate interests today wield dramatically disproportionate influence over U.S. government policy, compared to ordinary citizens. Studies consistently show that policies favored by powerful business interests and elites are much more likely to become the law of the land, even when these preferences conflict directly and sharply with public opinion or the preferences of non-elites. Our mainstream liberals hate nothing more than talking about this because their civic religion is to see the system, with its electoral charade, as valid and signifying something important.” (11/01/25)
https://dsdamato.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-oligarchy-and-conceptual