> a transnational “authoritarian international” in which oligarchs, political operatives, royal families, security chiefs, and organized criminals cooperate to monetize state power while protecting one another from scrutiny.
At least the crackpots now get to see what a real deep state (concentrated power behind public facade) looks like.
> a transnational “authoritarian international” in which oligarchs, political operatives, royal families, security chiefs, and organized criminals cooperate to monetize state power while protecting one another from scrutiny.
At least the crackpots now get to see what a real deep state (concentrated power behind public facade) looks like.
This has been going on since the dawn of capitalism, probably before that.
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Alas, the prototypical tech "temporarily embarrassed billionaire" has become the "temporarily embarrassed lord."