The Hidden History of American Oligarchy Quotes

“As would-be tyrants are lifted to power by oligarchs, they take bite after bite out of existing institutions, twisting and turning them to their own ends.”
― Thom Hartmann, The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class

“This book was written during the spring and summer of 2020, and although it was published in the early spring of 2021, the vagaries of the publishing business didn’t allow for any last-minute edits or changes after the November 3, 2020, elections. If Donald Trump was reelected or somehow managed to remain president after January 20, 2021, then we must take to the streets. This is most likely democracy’s last stand. If Joe Biden or another Democrat was elected, we have a lot of work to do.”
― Thom Hartmann, The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class

“Or a nation of, by, and for the monopolists and oligarchs, ultimately enforced by a brutal police state?”
― Thom Hartmann, The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class