#WhenTheTaleWagsTheDog

*👉️️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️️*

(12/n)

...have caught too few of these modern-day tyrants👈: #Raisi, #DaSilva, #Yoon + #Maduro.

However, much more serious than these individuals is the global degeneration of #democracies into #plutocracies and the almost enslaving trend of #Technofeudalism*..

* Technofeudalism:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111949124362576334
(#Thiel, #Musk, #Zuckerberg, #Bezos, and many others) in connection with #enshittification 5), and #shrinkflation 6).

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

#USpol: #Aristocracy vs. #Oligarchy? #Politics

#Rockbridge vs. The #HeritageFoundation?

(5/5)

...👉 for corrupt or selfish purposes.👈

👉 #Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as #plutocracies..."👈

https://www.britannica.com/topic/oligarchy

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Oligarchy | Definition & Facts | Britannica

Oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes. Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as plutocracies.

Encyclopedia Britannica

#AI When corporations & people are all about technology, that's all they consider (e.g., not the impact of that tech on people & planet).

Think how narrowly focused a technology company is? That's fine, IF, they weren't huge corporations (with their billionaire celebrities) that had become more rich & powerful than some countries governments (or at least very influential).

#technology #corporations #plutocracies