Oligarchs and Plutocracy

Comments criticize how ultra-wealthy oligarchs, plutocrats, and elites control governments, regulations, and society to maintain and expand their power and wealth at the expense of the masses.

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Sample Comments

secfirstmd Mar 17, 2018 View on HN

Guess this is well targeted at wealthy oligarchs.

williesleg Mar 5, 2016 View on HN

I guess that's what happens when the few have an agenda. Good thing they're rich.

volkk Mar 24, 2023 View on HN

you can replace ultra wealthy with powerful. same point stands. the only things that become regulated heavily are things that can affect the people that live at the top, whether its the obscenely rich, or the despots in various countries.

goku12 Dec 24, 2025 View on HN

As I understand it, this is to wreck the government oversight on the conduct of the rich and the powerful. They really want to establish a full blown oligarchy. And they managed to convince the poor people that the government is bad for them too.

coliveira Jan 10, 2025 View on HN

This is a society that openly supports and roots for billionaires. Most of them are getting what they deserve as subjects of the modern oligarchy.

justicezyx Jun 27, 2018 View on HN

It's quite sensible to assume that the rich and powerful are aligned and connected with the governing body of a nation.

switch007 Mar 17, 2015 View on HN

It's as if somehow the privileged elite are actually in control!

eropple Jan 12, 2018 View on HN

Those poor, poor benighted billionaires.But after perusing your comment history, why does it seem so very likely that you'd have a different tune if it wasn't a kleptocratic oligarch under consideration?

notahacker Oct 7, 2020 View on HN

It's an alternative strategy for oligarchies to defend their wealth

DoingIsLearning May 17, 2023 View on HN

The plutocrats would like a word.