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billionairification

The Billionairification of America – democracy is dead in the US

November 21, 2025 Mark Orton 0

The Billionairification of America The Forbes billionaires list in 2019 numbered 607 in the US. By April 2024, the number had grown by 34% to […]

What’s a Billion Dollars Look Like?

September 10, 2025 Mark Orton 0

These big numbers a way beyond counting on your fingers – try a trillion With the surge in the number of billionaires around the world […]

Billionaires literally buying up Washington DC

January 23, 2025 theheist 0

Now that the billionaire class has installed their President and seized many posts in the Trump cabal, they are fighting over a limited supply of […]

“Incoming!” – Trump’s appointments and billionaire claque

January 4, 2025 theheist 1

The 12.26.2024 issue of The London Review of Books includes Eliot Weinberger’s stunning piece on the Trump presidency, “Incoming!“. It begins: “They came from Florida, […]

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