Look in the Mirror: Oligarchies Trickle Down
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Look in the Mirror: Oligarchies Trickle Down
Posted by Ratclass
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SS: This sub has been flooded with posts warning about “oligarchies” lately. The irony? These posts often come from the very people benefiting from the systems [they claim to hate.](https://i.ibb.co/zft1gRr/olig222.jpg)
Oligarchies “trickle down” by creating power hierarchies and disparities at every level of society. It’s not just billionaires at the top—it’s anyone who uses their tiny slice of privilege to punch down on others.
Take a look at the [women in the OP:](https://i.ibb.co/mSc37fW/oligarchy.jpg)
They’re street-level oligarchs. They pose in their fancy clothes right next to a homeless guy without a shred of self-awareness because the larger oligarchic power structure has given them just enough to feel superior.
Winston Smith said it best: “It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.”
So you cry about Elon being an oligarch, huh? Then what? You walk past people begging for money like they don’t exist, bark orders at the Indian dude working the night shift at 7-Eleven, then yell at the girl behind the counter [making your double Big Mac.](https://i.ibb.co/p1yyfYX/oligarch33t.jpg)
This is the type of person ranting on Reddit about “oligarchies” – atop sugary thrones of hypocrisy.
Dip shits accept capitalism and deny basic human well being. Same with communists. Same with any one who has lots and doesn’t want to share it. It’s pretty fucked
This chart shows that the wealthy have ruled America as a financial oligarchy air-tight [since 1995 at least.](https://wid.world/www-site/uploads/2023/12/Wealth-2.png) (source is the [World Inequality Database](https://wid.world/news-article/whats-new-about-wealth-inequality-in-the-world/))
People were happy to sleepwalk through it all. So what suddenly changed to spark the ‘muh oLiGaRcHs’ dupe?
Elon Musk’s Twitter shitposting seems to be the spark that finally made the naysayers see the matrix walls for what they truly are. Now they hate him because they love him.
The notion that oligarchies lead to trickle-down economics has been widely criticized, as studies indicate that benefits do not typically reach lower economic classes, contradicting the core premise of trickle-down theory. In fact, research shows that economic growth often comes primarily from the middle and lower classes rather than from the wealthy, which suggests a need to reassess the efficacy of policies favoring the affluent.
* [The Oligarchy Economy: Concentrated Power, Income …](https://evonomics.com/the-oligarchy-economy/)
* [Trickle-Down Economics: Theory, Policies, and Critique](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trickledowntheory.asp)
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There’s nothing no such economic theory as “trickle down”. The media made it up. Take a look at what forms of government lead to oligarchical control.