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Oligarchy: Word Of The Day

I'm reminded of this constantly...

"Throughout history, oligarchies have often been tyrannical, relying on public obedience or oppression to exist."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy

Example:
A group of people come to a programmer friend at college and say, 'hey, let's do something together on the internet. You build it, people will come and we will act like the statue of liberty accepting those huddled masses.'

Money making venture launched.

I wonder if this is how America really got started? Nope, feels more totalitarian with socialist applications, perhaps?

Has anyone read Ayn Rand?

Let's skip over that Orwellian stuff.

going sideways at bit, sort of like an experience one might have...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/oct/01/featuresreviews.guardianreview11