can anyone explain why a billionaire who takes advantage of the system to exploit other people is called an "oligarch" in Russia and a "job creator" in America?

@DanPriceSeattle Peak capitalism…

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@DanPriceSeattle A dictator hands out country wealth to oligarchs and controls them. Hes ultimate in power In US a plutocracy creates the ultra wealthy individually Then they hand some of it out to control their group for their benefits. Some call those mimi oligarch beneficiaries politicians

@DanPriceSeattle Because in America they start a company that grows and creates jobs and in Russia they were friends with the president in 1992.

@DanPriceSeattle Yes in fact it’s easy to explain the difference buddy

@DanPriceSeattle Because here in the US we (mostly) are under the impression that without American oligarchs we wouldn't have jobs and someday, if we save all our pennies and cut back on Starbucks we can be billionaires too.

@DanPriceSeattle Can anyone explain why America pretends that every citizen gets a vote but "job creators" are allowed to rig the system with PACs/campaign contributions? Let's start funding our own elections. NO outside money. Every candidate gets the same amount and the same access to media.

@DanPriceSeattle I know one person who does, right below you in my feed:

@DanPriceSeattle It is more honest about super-rich Russians to call them oligarchs. Due to Reagan's Trickle-down theory of economics, we were lied to & told that we should want the government to give tax breaks & subsidies to the rich, so that the rich can & will create more jobs. Never worked

@DanPriceSeattle Plutocrats: Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland wrote an excellent book on the subject in 2012. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocrat…

@DanPriceSeattle It's American exceptionalism. We do UK exceptionalism here, foreigners are immigrants, but Brits who move abroad are expatriates!

@DanPriceSeattle @michelesnyderFL You can also call them " The Tax exempt Class"

@DanPriceSeattle Those called "oligarchs" made their fortunes from being friends with the President. In America, the billionaires created their own companies and run them to be successful, not because they were friends with whoever was president

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@DanPriceSeattle They own the media in America.

@DanPriceSeattle Marketing. Over there they just accept suffering as a part of life and carry on. Over here everybody expects to have that upward mobility all but guaranteed and nobody wants to lay any blame on the rich dudes because everybody thinks they'll be rich too eventually

@DanPriceSeattle Get your point, but imprecise use of certain terms re-inforces general ignorance. twitter.com/KarmaBitesMore…

@DanPriceSeattle Pretty simple: in Russia politics makes billionaires. In US billionaires are self made. Just FYI, also millionaires are called oligarchs in Russia. If you’re a millionaire, should we call you an oligarch too?

@DanPriceSeattle Yes. The USA is a free market economy, the new USSR is not. The term "oligarch" derives from the Ancient Greek oligarkhia meaning "the rule of the few". US govt contracts are generally distributed transparently…

@DanPriceSeattle In Russia, the oligarchs were basically handed all the industries by apparatchiks during and right after the collapse, so the notion that they were "self-made" is non-existent in that country. Here, billionaires cheat our government all the time and get praised for it.

@DanPriceSeattle @madukes529 Sometimes we call them Senator.

@DanPriceSeattle Russian intelligence makes no distinction, summarizing succinctly that our country is run by oligarchs and that they are able to control most elections.

@DanPriceSeattle As you know - It's the Koch/Murdeath/GOP propaganda that is doing it. It really really works. @upine upine.medium.com/the-vast-reach…

@DanPriceSeattle When America understands that the GOP/Corporatist assaults on democracy are the American front in Putin's war, our oligarchs will be seen for what they are.

@DanPriceSeattle What’s the difference between a billionaire and a multi millionaire? They point fingers via tweets like this. Look at them over there (but don’t look at me).

@DanPriceSeattle I’m calling all billionaires oligarchs now, it’s pissing off the oil and gas guys (AKA #GOPtheRussianParty political donors.)

@DanPriceSeattle can you tell me when the usa wanted to put missile silos all around russia its called defence but when russia wanted to do it its called the cuba crisis

@DanPriceSeattle @elreyes_nacho The same reason why people from other countries living in America are called immigrants, while Americans working in another country are called (or call themselves) expats

@DanPriceSeattle Misdirection from and obfuscation of the US Oligarchy bulletin.represent.us/u-s-oligarchy-…

@DanPriceSeattle translation they pay us enough under the table in order to keep on maintaining their certain status. i agree with old Ken griffen

@DanPriceSeattle Tell me you don’t understand an oligarchy without telling me . . .

@DanPriceSeattle Thank you! I’ve been saying the same thing. People seem to understand an extremely wealth person who has a lot of political influence in other countries is an oligarch but when it comes to USA and EU they are stockholders/businessmen. The cognitive dissonance 🤦‍♂️