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Prof Jeffrey Winters @profjeffreywinters.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o... Jason Furman has no clue how oligarchy works. The richest win massive tax benefits but somehow they're powerless because Musk didn't get his wishlist. Over $50 trillion transferred upward to richest since 1975 but "oligarchy is the wrong lens." Stuff just happens.

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Opinion | A Road Map for Undoing the Damage of the Big, Awful Bill

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William Hurst @wjhurst.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The #UnitedStates and #China are obviously very different. But I have studied #protest and state response in #authoritarian contexts for more than 25 years. Here are some basic thoughts on current events, #repression, bargaining, and state strength 🧵: 1/9

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Prof Jeffrey Winters @profjeffreywinters.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

We are in an era of in-your-face oligarchy in the US. Upwards of 80% of the US population believes representatives respond to the powerful few, not them. This view spans the political spectrum from Bernie's supporters to Trump's base. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Even the Koch Brothers Weren’t This Brazen

Tech billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Marc Andreessen aren’t even trying to mask their politics anymore.

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