It's natural to have some wealth inequality, but USA has gone too far down that road like a runaway train.

The US is becoming an oligarchy instead of a democracy?

When there is private ownership of business, either large or small, there is going to be owners of the business itself who have more wealth than the average household. That's to be expected, but the concentration of extreme wealth at the very top is out of balance. It's like a runaway train set in motion by mostly Republican political forces and other conditions in society.

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