IMO wealth is simply power coupons. The more coupons you have, the more power you wield. I think you’re right though, and is a good example of how class struggle has changed over the centuries.

he addresses that in the speech, actually. In many ways it was flawed; slavery, excluding women, etc. However in other ways it was superior as a substantive democracy

the same way it’s been going for millennia: effective until the ruling class figures out how to subvert it.

“living the dream. Did you know that nightmares are dreams too?”

Also willing to accept Mother Jones as the national Matriarch