...the personality cult falls apart. While the appeal of Trump to his acolytes will likely never make sense to me, I'm pretty sure Vance doesn't have that appeal. If/when the GOP gets absolutely railed in the midterms, even if Trump is still around, I think you'll see that party start to return to a more traditional style of conservatism.

But as far as rule by the wealthy goes, the United States has been a de facto oligarchy for decades.