Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) urged her Democratic colleagues to stop attacking the "oligarchy," arguing that the word did not resonate with most Americans.
Agreed, but do you really need knowledge of political philosophy to do that?
The impression I got from living in the US is that it’s not so much a problem with identification, but more like a desire to avoid rather uncomfortable topics.
I don’t know, maybe I just don’t get it. I will admit that I could be wrong, I am just thinking out loud based on my experiences. 😀
It’s not even an uncomfortable topic among the people. You can go into a bar of any political persuasion anywhere and loudly complain about those goddamned rich assholes running everything into the ground and screwing over regular folk and all you’ll get is hearty agreement. It’s only an uncomfortable topic among the wealthy and their political lapdogs.
See, I don’t you need know anything about political philosophy to understand how oligarchs function and to well, identify oligarchs.
I think you need it to be able to identify oligarchy and why it is an issue.
Agreed, but do you really need knowledge of political philosophy to do that?
The impression I got from living in the US is that it’s not so much a problem with identification, but more like a desire to avoid rather uncomfortable topics.
I don’t know, maybe I just don’t get it. I will admit that I could be wrong, I am just thinking out loud based on my experiences. 😀
It’s not even an uncomfortable topic among the people. You can go into a bar of any political persuasion anywhere and loudly complain about those goddamned rich assholes running everything into the ground and screwing over regular folk and all you’ll get is hearty agreement. It’s only an uncomfortable topic among the wealthy and their political lapdogs.