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Abdul El-Sayed: “The problem is, we don’t live in capitalism, we live in oligopoly.”

On the recordJuly 26, 2026
The problem is, we don’t live in capitalism, we live in oligopoly.
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Describing the current economic landscape.

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