Ep. 0005: Who Owns Democracy? Rewriting the Rules of Wealth, Rights, and Working-Class Power

Liberty And Justice For All Podcast · Sep 17, 2026 · 58m

Summary

This episode asks who controls wealth, rights, and democracy—and concludes that working people must reclaim the power to write society’s rules. Michael Merrill and Egberto Willies move from wealth inequality and the myth of meritocracy to the Constitution, abolition, civil rights, labor organizing, and an independent working-class political voice.

* Extreme wealth reflects rules designed by and for powerful interests—not superior effort, productivity, or moral worth.

* Lasting economic reform requires changing who holds political power and writes the rules, not merely condemning…