• TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk
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    9 hours ago

    I am not familiar with the show, but a quick research shows that it seems like The Gilded Age portrays something similar to Downton Abbey, but it’s more some quasi aristocratic class hierarchy.

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      8 hours ago

      I guess the US wasn’t a full-on oligarchy in that period, but one could certainly argue it was heading in that direction.

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        8 hours ago

        Isn’t the difference between aristocracy and oligarchy only that oligarchy is a more corrupt version aristocracy? Seems like a blurry line. None the less, both systems seems suck for those not among the elite.

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          7 hours ago

          Yes, and I think it’s worth noting that the period the show was named after has some striking similarities to the mess we’re in today.