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We can get as angry as we want at billionaires, the sociopathic ghouls that they are, but I really feel that's just a distraction to encourage us to look a symptom when we really need to focus on the disease.
I am curious what do you see as being disease? What's going on in the US seems like a pretty typical oligarch takeover of political parties, judiciary and media (this is not even something unique to the US, can and does happen in many places).
Solving the disease of course depends on the given local context, but more often than not you will have to prosecute oligarchs in addition to a broader package of anti-corruption and judicial reforms.
You nailed it. The disease is the breakdown of the rules of society that allow the oligarchs to exist and fester.
I see. Agreed, the root cause for the rise of oligarchy is arguably a much bigger issue than any given individual oligarch.