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		vaksel on July 26, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 90% of China's billionaires are kids of high-ranki... not harder per se, but there its done as a backroom deal. In USA, we just call it lobbying and campaign contributions.

varjag on July 26, 2009 [–]

Still, the U.S. political system allows for such an outlier as Obama[1] to get on the top. It would've been impossible if it was only the issue of getting the most lobbyist beef behind.

[1] Not idealising him here, but his ascent was both extremely untypical and very American at the same time.

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