Everything about CEOs is like a monarchy. Wealth inheritance in business families like the Waltons? Just the capitalism version of royal heirs getting their throne. Presidents? They don’t run jackshit ever since money got into politics

America is back in the era of kings, and arguably a worse one

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    And who’s gonna strip them of their power? Oh yeah maybe the government can

    But oh no, the billionaires can also strip the government of their power too

    They are too closely allied for any change to happen. It’s all just talk, it’s all just theatre

    Change can only happen once the people regain their power, and what worked? Peaceful protests? Picket signs? Yeah sure worked well against ICE and company

    Why keep holding up an umbrella against knives falling from the sky when you can go fight the cunt that keeps throwing them off the roof of that building?