• minorkeys@lemmy.world
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    Power, not just money, power in too few hands. Getting there also tends to require extreme selfishness, which only makes it worse for everyone else when the most selfish acquire said power. Democracy was supposed to disperse power across the community to explicitly prevent concentrations of power.

        • GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social
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          Power is owned by Capital. Capital is owned by Violence.

          Yes, power is owned Capital/wealth, But no has power in Capitalist system without wealth/money, just a fact. So no way is Wealth/money owned by violence. Perfect example is the political history of The 1st World, especially USA & even happening with ‘The Crazy Don’s ‘Mob Enforcers’. Violence is owned by all, but Privileged, like government forces with authorities, get away with violence.