# Why do the Democrats have so many rich leaders?

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**Created:** [September 23, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-democrats-have-so-many-rich-leaders/699386 "2014-09-23T23:44:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-democrats-have-so-many-rich-leaders/699386/121 "2014-09-28T04:17:53Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Because America’s pretty much a plutocracy.
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> They do, at least more than the Republicans do. The Republicans are outright hostile to the poor and middle class, especially the poor. They regard the poor as parasites and vermin.

The US is not a plutocracy. It’s an [oligarchy.](http://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us-is-an-oligarchy-2014-4)

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**Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-democrats-have-so-many-rich-leaders/699386/122 "2014-09-28T15:19:20Z")

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> [@Mr.Duality](#):
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> The US is not a plutocracy. It’s an [oligarchy.](http://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us-is-an-oligarchy-2014-4)

The rich don’t actually govern, they _control_ the government.

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