Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
Oligarch? Certainly she came from some wealth and married into old money. Oligarchic elements in the USA don't have quite the sway of the Roman Senatum and the Ordo Equestor though. Starting off with a top tier education and a goodly pile of money does come in handy when building one's career though, gotta admit that.
I view the US as a whole as an oligarchy and therefore everybody in a position of power or wealth is an oligarch.
But even oligarchs can come in different shades of gray.