The US federal government controls most US infrastructure, either directly or indirectly through regulation, and is generally considered to be leading America.
Okay yes that’s true, the government owns a lot of stuff. But aren’t they considered ‘the leader’ because they were/ it was democratically elected to lead?
I guess I should have more accurately said “I wouldn’t consider the richest Americans/the Americans who own the most stuff to be the leaders of America solely because they own the most stuff”.
The Chinese government wasn’t democratically elected, but they still are the leader of China, because they own/control most of the infrastructure. Elections are only important for becoming leader if they give you control over key infrastructure.
I agree that the richest individual Americans are not therefore the leaders of America, but that’s because their power/control over key infrastructure is very small compared to the federal government.
Okay yes that’s true, the government owns a lot of stuff. But aren’t they considered ‘the leader’ because they were/ it was democratically elected to lead?
I guess I should have more accurately said “I wouldn’t consider the richest Americans/the Americans who own the most stuff to be the leaders of America solely because they own the most stuff”.
The Chinese government wasn’t democratically elected, but they still are the leader of China, because they own/control most of the infrastructure. Elections are only important for becoming leader if they give you control over key infrastructure.
I agree that the richest individual Americans are not therefore the leaders of America, but that’s because their power/control over key infrastructure is very small compared to the federal government.