@pluralistic : "The danger to society comes from the *existence* of billionaires – from the transfer of power (to decide who may speak and who may be heard) into the hands of a few very rich men whose collective cowardice can erase whole swathes of public discourse."
A few short-sighted supplicants, greedily prostrating themselves, and betraying us, for their 30 pieces of silver.
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/22/one-throat-to-choke/#communicable-disease