Who is really in charge? The prevailing narrative that oligarchies are relatively rare, confined to poor countries with rampant corruption, a lack of economic freedom, and poor democracy index scores, is false. Oligarchy has been the norm for thousands of years. The faces of power change, institutions evolve, new types of oligarch compete with old, but the distribution of power is consistent. Approved and authorized levers for the people to voice their grievances are marginal and often superficial. This oligarchy is increasingly global and intertwined, supranational and entrenched. Humanity is being sleepwalked into an unassailable totalitarianism, and it is being done in broad daylight.
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