The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption.
www.theatlantic.com
Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century gilded.
    • tiramichu@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      Yep, that’s specifically the meaning :)

      Golden = Made of gold

      Gilded = Covered in a thin layer of gold

      The gold and the thin layer was the 1%-ers, with rampant corruption and harsh conditions for everyone else.