Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily.Democracy, for most of its existence, has managed to coexist with oligarchy, but only on the condition that oligarchs exert their influence quietly. Citizens, including ordinary Ame...

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