Let me to ask you this: In your opinion, whom should you not favor when it comes to inequality and injustice in your country—the politicians or the business elites? You might answer the politicians, and that answer is not wrong. However, in a highly capitalist country, that is not the case. It is the business elites who deserve the blame. Let us understand the difference between these answers. If your correct response is politicians, then you live in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and similar countries—countries I describe as Progressive Socialist States. However, if your correct response is business elites, then you live in Indonesia, the United States, Russia, and countries like them—countries I describe as Capitalist Oligarchies. So what is the difference? What distinguishes Capitalist Oligarchies from Progressive Socialist States? To understand this difference, we must first understand what an oligarchy is. According to the Oxford Dictionary, an oligarchy is a small group ...