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Bernie Sanders: “There is a growing fear in this country that we are moving toward what some would call an oligarchic form of society…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2017
There is a growing fear in this country that we are moving toward what some would call an oligarchic form of society, where a small number of very, very wealthy billionaires control to a significant degree our economic and political life.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders expresses concern about wealth concentration affecting democracy.

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