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Might seem so, but this is nothing new

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia

- https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-PayPal-Wars/Eric-...

This is not "news". Not news in the sense of "actuality for eyeballs" and not news for those whose job it is to study societal trends and processes.

It might be new and weird for you. You might want to take an other look, as this is the kind of information you will normally only see in academia. That it got your attention is an exceptional blip.

For those in academia, they have been paying attention for years. The republic of Weimar was overthrown by captains of industry, far right and cultists that reached a shared understanding. It was not just "Hitler". So for an international community of well-meaning, informed people in academia and governments current events are highly alarming, as the transition implies lots of other things.

The big picture stories do not normally reach the public, and now it almost sounds like a conspiracy theory. For some it is not a coincidence that on a Musk platform conspiracy theories are heavily boosted. At least it makes a sane conversation about the currents of our time very hard.




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