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stvltvsyesterday at 10:23 PM2 repliesview on HN

Getting rid of hereditary nobility has worked out pretty well for the USA.


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dylan604yesterday at 10:33 PM

Has it? By what metric are you using for that? Two Bush presidencies off the power of the senior patriarch. Current president comes from family wealth. Most of the oligarchs come from family wealth. It's not until the recent tech billionaires that became first generation oligarchs.

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