# America Has a Ruling Class

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Samuel Goldman]]
- Full Title: America Has a Ruling Class
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/opinion/america-politics-elites.html

## Highlights
- The defining task of politics isn’t to speak truth to power. It’s to use power to achieve shared goals.