Oligarchs here and there

It's true that "our adversaries," primarily Russia and China, have their fair share of oligarchs. That's a fancy way of saying "billionaires" or "super-rich."

When I rant about the scourge of the super-rich on the world as we know it, and on the Nations of Virtue in particular, I am often reminded of that fact by folks who disagree with me but haven't thought things through.

Yes, it's true that oligarchs exist within the polity of our "adversaries." But here's the key difference.

In Russia and China, the oligarchs operate at the pleasure of the state.

In the Nations of Virtue, the USA and its vassals, the state operates at the pleasure of the oligarchs.



There's a difference.