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An oligarchy.
Refer to the brutalization and murder of slaves during the times of slavery, the brutalization and murder of workers during the labor rights movement, and the brutalization and murder of leftists and anyone 'subversive to order' under the watch of COINTELPRO, continuing to this day with police departments working alongside white nationalist organizations against peaceful left activists. The FBI tried to blackmail MLK Jr. into committing suicide, and literally executed Fred Hampton by shooting him twice in the head point blank while asleep after an FBI infiltrator drugged his drink.
As just a taste of what the US government is willing to do to protect the profit of the ultra rich, refer to the Ludlow massacre, where close to 100 men, women, and children were machinegunned and burned alive for going on strike against the mines they worked for in response to their unsafe and immoral treatment. Official stats claim 20 dead (counted by the very men who did the killing), but all historical accounts point to a far higher number. The National guard burned children alive, and hacked their bodies to pieces for their fathers having the audacity to ask for such simple things as an 8 hour work day, better safety, and to actually be paid for 'dead work' e.g laying track, handling impurities etc, aka actual work they were not paid for.