Democracies fail to address wealth inequality because oligarchs actively oppose wealth redistribution efforts.

Interview: "How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies” "Democracy’s failure to address wealth inequality is by design." While voters have a say on some issues, oligarchs maintain "economic inequality by fighting against wealth redistribution." Today's democracies "are among the most unequal societies ever to have existed in human history." In Imperial Rome, the wealth gap was ~16,000 to one. In today's US, 140,000 to one https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/27/the_blind_spot #USPol #EUPol #oligarchy #inequality #democracy .

Interview: "How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies” "Democracy’s failure to address wealth inequality is by design." While voters have a say on some issues, oligarchs maintain "economic inequality by fighting against wealth redistribution." Today's democracies "are among the most unequal societies ever to have existed in human history." In Imperial Rome, the wealth gap was ~16,000 to one. In today's US, 140,000 to one https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/27/the_blind_spot #USPol #EUPol #oligarchy #inequality #democracy .

Interview: "How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies” "Democracy’s failure to address wealth inequality is by design." While voters have a say on some issues, oligarchs maintain "economic inequality by fighting against wealth redistribution." Today's democracies "are among the most unequal societies ever to have existed in human history." In Imperial Rome, the wealth gap was ~16,000 to one. In today's US, 140,000 to one https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/27/the_blind_spot #USPol #EUPol #oligarchy #inequality #democracy .