“Political decisions helped to create the super-elite in the first place, and as the economic might of the super-elite class grows, so does its political muscle.” ― Chrystia Freeland, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
It feels like we're already 90% of the way through this process. Trump will trump it, sadly.
Elite over-production never ends well.
Chrystia watched the evolution of Russia from the stage of hope for democracy to the takeover by the oligarchs, so her analysis is excellent, empirically-based. We've all seen the sad end of that story (so far), as we all were elated by Russia rejoining the great human family, only to lose it again.