plutocracy 金權政治

plutocracy
繁：金權政治
简：金权政治

美式民主選舉是讓美國政要們引以為傲的軟實力，也是美國極力對外輸出的價值觀，但近年金權政治愈演愈烈，愈來愈多美國人開始意識到，政客就像待售商品一樣，施政很多時候取決於幕後金主的利益需求。

金權政治盛而衰 美式民主遇挑戰（2016年4月21日）。東方日報，取自 http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160421/00192_001.html

Yes, Trump’s Cabinet is the wealthiest in history, with a combined net worth in excess of $14 billion and counting. It includes three former Goldman Sachs bankers, an ex-Bank of America executive, and the CEO of ExxonMobil. And it’s presided over by Trump, a billionaire real-estate heir. These days, America is looking an awful lot like a plutocracy—something that is very worrying to Senator Bernie Sanders.

Stern, M. (2016, December 14). Bernie Sanders Blasts Trump’s Cabinet of ‘Billionaires and Millionaires’. Daily Beast. Retrieved from http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/14/bernie-sanders-blasts-trump-s-cabinet-of-billionaires-and-millionaires.html