> I feel anger about the inability of our political systems to rein in the power of capital. While I can rant about politicians a lot, I still prefer a democrat

> I feel anger about the inability of our political systems to rein in the power of capital. While I can rant about politicians a lot, I still prefer a democratic government to have power instead of billionaires. It essentially just comes down to making some decisions in a coordinated way, but most people are not even aware of the problem. I don't even know what this passage means, outside of some theoretical Platonic ideal "philosopher-king" figure whose existential half-life would be a week or so in a real political campaign.