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Dana F. Blankenhorn's avatar

America has operated by the golden rule since its founding. He who has the gold makes the rules. When slavery had the gold, they made the rules. Then railroads. Then utilities. Then manufacturers. Then oil companies. Now tech. Whatever industry offers the most value add eventually achieves political power. This is how democracy works in a growing economy.

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Dana F. Blankenhorn's avatar

Oligarchs threatening democracy? They've already overcome it. Trump didn't even run a campaign. Peter Thiel laughed at the Democrats and used the power of AI computing to elect his boy. If that's not authoritarianism, tell me what is. https://www.danablankenhorn.com/2024/11/chapter-four-how-thiel-did-it.html

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Yaro Celis's avatar

Interesting will read the article shared. thanks a lot. Seems like we went from Bank oligarchy to oil oligarchs running the show to Tech oligarchs. Have we ever had a democracy? Looking forward to read your thoughts.

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