• 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.