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thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 2 weeks agothere’s a class of “elite” people who can make decisions that negatively affect the literal lives of millions without worry
This has been true for as long as civilization has been a thing; in fact it’s less of a thing now than it ever has been, the elites have never had so little power.
Which is to say they still have entirely too much and i also hope he gets away with it
VanillerGoriller@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The elites have never had so much power. They have mass media, global supply lines, armies of labor, enough capital to bend any government to their will, and those governments can destroy and subjugate in ways that the likes of Julius Caesar couldn’t have dreamed of.