In the late 1800’s, America had its Gilded Age, with the creation of large new industries by the era’s “robber barons” accompanied by massive inequality and corruption. The subsequent Progressive Era was followed by a temporary return to plutocracy in the 1920’s.
十九世纪末，美国来到了镀金时代，这一时代的“强盗资本家”建立了大规模的新产业，社会也滋生了大量的不平等和腐败。随后的进步时代引来的是20世纪20年代富豪统治的暂时复辟。