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0 pointssdfghswe2y ago0 comments

> And lobbyists are not lobbyists, they are oligarchs.

???

No, this is nonsense. The normal meaning of the word "lobbyist" is an _employee_ who uses political connections to push corporate interests. The normal meaning of the word "oligarch" is someone with large wealth. These two are not similar at all.

So the phrase you're looking for is probably "And billionaires are not billionaires, they're oligarchs".

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Dah00n2y ago

1. a ruler in an oligarchy.

2. a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence (particularly with reference to individuals who benefited from the privatization of state-run industries after the collapse of the Soviet Union).

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