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Now comes the #oligarchy personified as a rather dim bully to tell us our words, nay even our thoughts, are under the control of the massive #security state they have built. Since they have failed to win our hearts & minds, brute force will be applied.

https://open.substack.com/pub/went2thebridge/p/do-they-still-hate-us-for-our-freedom

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #US #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

Do They Still Hate Us For Our Freedom?

Do we still have any?

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · last week

https://open.substack.com/pub/went2thebridge/p/do-they-still-hate-us-for-our-freedom

Do They Still Hate Us For Our Freedom?

Do we still have any?

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JuneSim63

@junesim63@mstdn.social · last week

"The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?"

Robert Reich

#Oligarchy #Media #SocialMedia

JuneSim63

@junesim63@mstdn.social · last week

"The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?"

Robert Reich

#Oligarchy #Media #SocialMedia

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦

@grrlscientist@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

oligarchs don't create ANYTHING
WE THE PEOPLE CREATE EVERYTHING!

#oligarchs #theft #politics #GreedyBastards #oligarchy #CEOs #MoneyWorship

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Jen Sorensen

@jensorensen@mastodon.social · last month

This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.

#internet #technology #tech #journalism #disinformation #socialmedia #oligarchy

WEB'S END

IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE WEBSITES. YOU VISITED THEM AND IT WAS FUN.

Computer screen: Jill's Homepage

LINKS AND STUMBLEUPON HELPED YOU FIND NEW ONES.

Computer screen: Cheese Art

GOOGLE ACTUALLY WORKED AND SENT YOU TO SITES BUILT WITH CARE BY REAL PEOPLE.

Computer screen: Lovable Expert

THEN CAME SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ITS ALGORITHMS DETERMINED WHAT YOU CLICKED.

Computer screen: Facebook

THEN AGGREGATOR SITES TOOK OFF.

Computer screen: CRAP FROM AROUND THE WEB

THEN SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TRIED TO KEEP US FROM EVER LEAVING…

AND WE DIDN'T.

Woman on phone: SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL

THEN AI BEGAN GENERATING SUMMARIES SO YOU DIDN'T NEED TO CLICK THROUGH TO A SITE ANYMORE.

Computer screen: MONOPOSEARCH
Summary

SOON... THE AI CHATBOT BECOMES THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND REAL PUBLICATIONS DISAPPEAR.

Woman speaking to phone: CHATBOT, WHAT IS A WEBSITE?

UNTIL ONE DAY, PEOPLE WALK AWAY AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW.

Woman has left devices on the ground and is walking into sunset

© 2025 Jen Sorensen — WEB'S END IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE WEBSITES. YOU VISITED THEM AND IT WAS FUN. Computer screen: Jill's Homepage LINKS AND STUMBLEUPON HELPED YOU FIND NEW ONES. Computer screen: Cheese Art GOOGLE ACTUALLY WORKED AND SENT YOU TO SITES BUILT WITH CARE BY REAL PEOPLE. Computer screen: Lovable Expert THEN CAME SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ITS ALGORITHMS DETERMINED WHAT YOU CLICKED. Computer screen: Facebook THEN AGGREGATOR SITES TOOK OFF. Computer screen: CRAP FROM AROUND THE WEB THEN SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TRIED TO KEEP US FROM EVER LEAVING… AND WE DIDN'T. Woman on phone: SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL THEN AI BEGAN GENERATING SUMMARIES SO YOU DIDN'T NEED TO CLICK THROUGH TO A SITE ANYMORE. Computer screen: MONOPOSEARCH Summary SOON... THE AI CHATBOT BECOMES THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND REAL PUBLICATIONS DISAPPEAR. Woman speaking to phone: CHATBOT, WHAT IS A WEBSITE? UNTIL ONE DAY, PEOPLE WALK AWAY AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW. Woman has left devices on the ground and is walking into sunset © 2025 Jen Sorensen

Diane

@alienghic@timeloop.cafe · 4 weeks ago

I wonder if people would be more willing to believe how the fossil fuel industry doesn't care if the rest of us live if someone presented it as a conspiracy.

Learn Secrets you were never meant to know!

In the late 1950's a secret cabal of wealthy industrialists were told that the world was going to end...

And they did nothing but kept grabbing as much money as they could because they would rather you died then they become poor.

Oh.. yeah this isn't a conspiracy theory.

We've got court documents pretty much proving everything except for why they don't care, that's a guess.

RationalWiki

@RationalWiki@mstdn.social replied · 4 weeks ago

@alienghic Timothy Snyder in a chapter in his 2024 book "On Freedom" addressed this. He coined the phrase "oligarchic escapes" for it, the #billionaires' fantasy that with enough money one can escape the #apocalypse through various means. #RationalWiki covers the concept on different pages, collected here:

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Category:Oligarchic_escapes

#oligarchy #TimothySnyder