Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) urged her Democratic colleagues to stop attacking the "oligarchy," arguing that the word did not resonate with most Americans.
It’s almost like she is insulting her fellow citizens.
The implication that I see (based on her statement) is that other people in her country lack the capability to comprehend the notion of oligarchy or they are too corrupt themselves to support anti-corruption reform.
Agreed, but do you really need knowledge of political philosophy to do that?
The impression I got from living in the US is that it’s not so much a problem with identification, but more like a desire to avoid rather uncomfortable topics.
I don’t know, maybe I just don’t get it. I will admit that I could be wrong, I am just thinking out loud based on my experiences. 😀
It’s not even an uncomfortable topic among the people. You can go into a bar of any political persuasion anywhere and loudly complain about those goddamned rich assholes running everything into the ground and screwing over regular folk and all you’ll get is hearty agreement. It’s only an uncomfortable topic among the wealthy and their political lapdogs.
It’s almost like she is insulting her fellow citizens.
The implication that I see (based on her statement) is that other people in her country lack the capability to comprehend the notion of oligarchy or they are too corrupt themselves to support anti-corruption reform.
Maybe. Or maybe they just shove the honest out of sight, or ridicule them with heavy projections.
You might be surprised how many people have little to no understanding of political philosophy.
See, I don’t you need know anything about political philosophy to understand how oligarchs function and to well, identify oligarchs.
I think you need it to be able to identify oligarchy and why it is an issue.
Agreed, but do you really need knowledge of political philosophy to do that?
The impression I got from living in the US is that it’s not so much a problem with identification, but more like a desire to avoid rather uncomfortable topics.
I don’t know, maybe I just don’t get it. I will admit that I could be wrong, I am just thinking out loud based on my experiences. 😀
It’s not even an uncomfortable topic among the people. You can go into a bar of any political persuasion anywhere and loudly complain about those goddamned rich assholes running everything into the ground and screwing over regular folk and all you’ll get is hearty agreement. It’s only an uncomfortable topic among the wealthy and their political lapdogs.