Following Donald Trump's 2024 election victory, the wealth of the top ten billionaires surged by nearly $64 billion, reflecting growing economic disparities. An alliance of billionaires and nationalist groups has intensified the marginalization of vulnerable populations. The administration's policies have aggressively targeted social programs, cutting funding for essential services like housing, education, and healthcare. This has led to a marked escalation in anti-immigrant sentiments and criminalization of poverty, creating alarming ramifications for low-income and marginalized communities, indicating a departure from democratic ideals towards oligarchic governance.
The day after Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the 10 richest people in the world - including nine Americans - expanded their wealth by nearly $64 billion, the greatest single-day increase in recorded history.
We're living in a new Gilded Age, with a proto-fascistic and religiously regressive administration of, by, and for the billionaires.
The effects of the current administration's policies, especially for the most vulnerable, is seismic, revealing a war on the poor with multiple prongs.
The Department of Education, which has historically provided critical resources for low-income and disabled students, has been gutted, while the conditions in immigrant detention centers have worsened.
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