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  "description": "Fight Oligarchy is both brief and direct. Bernie Sanders, while imperfect, is one of the more inspiring political figures on the left in the United States. (The actual left, not the center occupied by a democratic party that's more akin to where the republican party was in the 80s.) What he presents here is the rapid-fire identification of the problem of rising global oligarchy and wealth inequality (which everyone can plainly see growing worse and worse at a rapid clip), a handful of anecdotes about his tour that shared a name with his book and some suggested solutions. How we achieve these solutions, I'm not so clear given the barriers that money can buy and put in place of their enactment. I find Sanders' relentlessness inspiring (if only we'd elected him when we had the chance) and his proposed solutions of guaranteeing basic human needs, capping individual wealth, enacting fair tax schemes to all be honorable goals. I'd start there, however and go further in developing a society that actually works for the vast majority of people that it's comprised of. Sanders urges working class solidarity and local political involvement. I agree that those are essential. I'd love to see all of this change, but I'm not sure I can see the light on the horizon no matter how much I squint.",
  "path": "/reading/books/9798217089161/fight-oligarchy",
  "publishedAt": "2025-12-30T00:00:00Z",
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  "tags": [
    "economics",
    "politics",
    "nonfiction"
  ],
  "title": "Fight Oligarchy"
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