Has America become an oligarchy?

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by August

....trying to convince the locals that room temperature beer was a sin against nature.

I sincerely hope you were succesefull

Speaking as a liberal european, here's my comment: I don't believe that the US has become an oligarchy. Anyone can become succesefull. It's just that the playing fields are too unbalanced in favor of those who are allready rich