PREDATORY PLUTOCRATS & THEIR PUGNACIOUSLY PILLAGING PATRONS PREVAIL

“We have an underdeveloped democracy and overdeveloped plutocracy”. Ralph Nader

“Political decisions helped to create the super-elite in the first place, and as the economic might of the super-elite class grows, so does its political muscle…. when the discussion shifts from celebratory to analytical, the super-elite get nervous…. Somebody ought to sit down and think about this, because your corporate types are soon going to be a stateless superclass.” Chrystia Freeland

“Plutocracy too long tolerated leaves democracy on the auction block, subject to the highest bidder”. Bill Moyers

“Plutocratic insurgency (PI) is an emerging form of insurgency not seen since the late 19th century Gilded Age. It is being conducted by high net worth globalized elites, allowing them to remove themselves from public spaces and obligations — including taxation — and to maximize their ability to generate profits transnationally. It utilizes lawyers, lobbyists, and co-opted politicians along with endemic corruption, rather than armed struggle — though private-security companies (mercenaries) may be employed in this regard — to create shadow governance in pursuit of plutocratic policy objectives…. It can be viewed as a component of ‘Dark Globalization’ that, along with the emergence of criminal insurgency, is now actively threatening the public institutions and citizenry…” Robert and Pamela Bunker