fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days agoRising inequality is turning US into an autocratic state, billionaire warns
Classically, increased wealth and value gaps lead to increased populism of the right and populism of the left and irreconcilable differences between them that can't be resolved through the democratic process. So democracies weaken and more autocratic leadership increases as a large percentage of the population wants government leaders to get control of the system to make things work well for them.
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