Everybody has it backwards.

Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.

They’re creating a world they control completely

Prescient quote from Canadian Philosopher Marshall McLuhan that feels more accurate now than ever:

"World War 3 will be a guerilla information war, with no divisions between military & civilian participation."

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Dick Cheney walked as a shadow President so Russell Vought could run as a shadow President

The father of pol sci Machiavelli famously pointed out its ideal for a ruler to be feared & loved. However, when it is not possible to be both, fear is a more dependable emotion because it is maintained by the dread of punishment, making people less likely to step out of line & oppose you...

Really? After we have CEOs on record salivating at the idea of cutting workforce costs for AI, as it doesn't "unionize or ask for a raise"

Interesting.

Corporations aren’t people, money isn’t free speech, and we need to End Citizens United.

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