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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Oligarchy Is Here (image of post)
Last edited Mon Jan 6, 2025, 04:38 PM - Edit history (1)
It's actually been here for awhile, they're now just being more overt with their machinations
Isn't this kind of how the Russian oligarchs rose to wealth and power ?
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Nice little tech company you have here.
Shame if something happened to it.
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In 2020, Big Tech contributions were much bigger than $$$. It was the Influence. So, like any other business, they just want to be on the good books of the administration. Don't blame the players, blame the game
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This is called illegal corruption in other countries regardless of party.
Its just legal here. The Consequences speak for themselves.
NOT what the founding fathers intended.
Shame if something happened to it.
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In 2020, Big Tech contributions were much bigger than $$$. It was the Influence. So, like any other business, they just want to be on the good books of the administration. Don't blame the players, blame the game
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This is called illegal corruption in other countries regardless of party.
Its just legal here. The Consequences speak for themselves.
NOT what the founding fathers intended.
Edit to add, kinna related :
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post
(This is only the start, I fear)
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The Oligarchy Is Here (image of post) (Original Post)
Pluvious
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spanone
(137,713 posts)1. K&R
BoRaGard
(3,369 posts)2. K & R
bdamomma
(66,798 posts)3. K&R
They are reliving the Gilded Age.
cachukis
(2,778 posts)4. It is a competition for control. They know Musk
is tenuous at best.
Unlike Putin, who pushes out windows with the non compliant, our oligarchs will be always bidding the grifter's needs.
They sense the future of government is in their hands.
Good luck, America.
Biophilic
(5,091 posts)5. Damn that kind of says it all, doesn't it.
kacekwl
(7,673 posts)6. I see Tim Cook donated
What about Tim Apple
GoodRaisin
(9,675 posts)7. Only in America
Its okay for Supreme Court justices to receive Airstreams.
Yeah, its been here for a while.
ZonkerHarris
(25,492 posts)8. They are all on my fuck off and die list.