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The Ruling Class

2023 · TV series · documentary · 1 season

Documentary

This documentary series profiles members of the social and business elite who use their outsized influence to manipulate the world around them.

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  1. PositivedefrostAug 22, 2023

    > Allocating capital takes a lot of work, and a lot of courage.

    Less so when you've captured government and setting|opposing policy at Senate|POTUS level (in US, in a similar manner elsewhere) to worsen health insurance and housing access to your own benefit.

    The Ruling Class S01E03 American Buyout did a tidy little episode on the downsides of The Blackstone Group.

    https://www.mgmplus.com/series/the-ruling-class/watch/season/1/episode/3

    I'm not anti-capitalist, but I am opposed to unregulated behemoths warping safeguards by the weight of their own capital and lobbying.