01-30-2018, 02:51 AM
Obviously we don't literally have a codified class system, but it is an interesting thought experiment.
I'd say that in a political lens, we have the 'donor class' and then everyone else. The statistical likelihood of someone from middle or lower class to become part of the donor class is, in effect, zero (though it does happen on very rare occasion).
The donor class have the ability to use money to influence the government, rather than just votes, which gives them a higher degree of representation than your 'average' citizen.
The donor class has the ability to render most enforcement of laws against them null, with world class litigation and defense attourneys.
The donor class is not financially beholden to the society that creates its wealth, due to it's ability to retain tax law experts to scour every nook and cranny of the tax code.
It is not literally a caste system, clearly. But it certainly is something that resembles one.
I'd say that in a political lens, we have the 'donor class' and then everyone else. The statistical likelihood of someone from middle or lower class to become part of the donor class is, in effect, zero (though it does happen on very rare occasion).
The donor class have the ability to use money to influence the government, rather than just votes, which gives them a higher degree of representation than your 'average' citizen.
The donor class has the ability to render most enforcement of laws against them null, with world class litigation and defense attourneys.
The donor class is not financially beholden to the society that creates its wealth, due to it's ability to retain tax law experts to scour every nook and cranny of the tax code.
It is not literally a caste system, clearly. But it certainly is something that resembles one.
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