Πολέμα την Ολιγαρχία
Bernie Sanders, 2025
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A veteran senator names the owners of everything — the press, the Congress, the ball clubs — and argues that American oligarchy is no longer a theory. A blunt, urgent argument delivered in a plain speaking voice, mixing moral outrage with a hopeful call to organize.
Feels like passion, defiance and unease. About society, power and morality.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you want a short, direct case for taking on concentrated wealth and corporate power. Some readers find it brief and repetitive, with claims and sourcing that feel oversimplified.
Why read it
It offers a compact map of how private money shapes public life, and a plain-spoken reminder that inequality is a political choice.
A page from the book
An interviewer asks what part of the country's wealth one man could possibly need.
Στην Αμερική σήμερα επικρατεί η μεγαλύτερη ανισότητα εισοδήματος και πλούτου που είχαμε ποτέ στη χώρα μας. τα πράγματα για τους ανθρώπους που βρίσκονται στην κορυϕή δεν ήταν ποτέ καλύτερα από τώρα. την ίδια στιγμή, όσο οι πλούσιοι γίνονται πλουσιότεροι, η μεσαία τάξη πασχίζει να πληρώσει το νοίκι, να αγοράσει τρόϕιμα και να έχει υγειονομική περίθαλψη. Οι ϕτωχοί ζούνε μέσα στην απελπισία. Σήμερα ένας μόνο άντρας –ο Έλον Μασκ– κατέχει περισσότερο πλούτο από το κατώτατο 52 τοις εκατό των αμερικανικών νοικοκυριών. Ας το επαναλάβω. Ένας άνθρωπος, με περιουσία σχεδόν τετρακοσίων δισεκατομμυρίων δολαρίων, κατέχει σήμερα πιο πολύ πλούτο από το κατώτατο 52 τοις εκατό των αμερικανικών νοικοκυριών. το 1 τοις εκατό της κορυϕής έχει περισσότερο πλούτο από το κατώτατο 93 τοις εκατό. Και οι διευθύνοντες σύμβουλοι των μεγάλων επιχειρήσεων βγάζουν 350 ϕορές περισσότερα χρήματα από τον μέσο υπάλληλό τους. What readers say
Readers often find the book hopeful and motivating, praising its urgent call to action and admiration for the author. Others are disappointed by its brevity, repetition, and oversimplified claims, with some questioning sourcing or specific proposals.
Bernie Sanders.Sanders has called himself a democratic socialist since his days as mayor of Burlington, Vermont (1981–89), where he was re-elected three times as an independent.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Πολέμα την Ολιγαρχία for me?
- You may like it if you want a short, direct case for taking on concentrated wealth and corporate power. Some readers find it brief and repetitive, with claims and sourcing that feel oversimplified.
- What is Πολέμα την Ολιγαρχία like?
- A blunt, urgent argument delivered in a plain speaking voice, mixing moral outrage with a hopeful call to organize. Feels like passion, defiance and unease. About society, power and morality.
- What should I read after Πολέμα την Ολιγαρχία?
- If you liked Πολέμα την Ολιγαρχία, try Decision Points (George W. Bush), Revolution from Within (Gloria Steinem) and Who's Looking Out for You? (Bill O'Reilly).
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When the market stops following the rules, who is truly responsible for the collapse?
I was furious the situation had reached this point. A relatively small group of people—many on Wall Street, some not—had gambled that the housing market would keep booming forever. It didn’t. In a normal environment, the free market would render its judgment and they could fail.
Decision Points · George W. Bush
How does a nation’s destiny hinge entirely upon the ego of its citizens?
I’ve learned from these events that self-esteem plays as much a part in the destiny of nations as it does in the lives of individuals; that self-hatred leads to the need either to dominate or to be dominated; that citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform their countries; in short, that self-esteem is the basis of any real democracy.
Revolution from Within · Gloria Steinem
What a house sounds like when love and fear share a roof.
My home was a mixture of tradition and chaos. My father wasn’t Ozzie Nelson, the TV ideal dad in the ‘50s and ‘60s, but he wasn’t Ozzy Osbourne either. I wrote about my late father in The O’Reilly Factor, the book, and I think it is safe to say that I had a rough-hewn upbringing. Simply put: There was plenty of tension in my house. Along with a lot of yelling and martial arts. My father was the Kung and I was the Fu.
Who's Looking Out for You? · Bill O'Reilly
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