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This administration has made it obvious that no institution, soverign or not, is safe from corruption. Authority and power will always be turned inward to serve and outward to punish as the inward group grows ever scant. This country cannot tear itself apart fast enough. Its just too bad we will be experiencing the wet dreams of oligarchs for the rest of our lives.
I think it's obvious that you are on the brink of dictatorship - with all the repressive measures that go with it.
I think we are effectively already in a dictatorship
Brink?
Not sure why everyone here thinks the oligarchs want this anarchy and destabilization. This is all bad for business and this AI bubble is going to be Great Depression 2.0.
Yeah, the oligarchs are kissing Trump's ass, but that's just good business, doesn't mean they agree with him. They just want a seat at the table, favors, etc.
There's a level of wealth at which wealth loses meaning. Not in the "all things cost what I consider pocket change" sense, but in the "I'm so wealthy no one charges me money anymore" sense.
What matters then is consolidating that position, and establishing power, as opposed to wealth. It doesn't matter if the economy tanks if your position isn't based on economics. If the anarchy in question is people no longer listening to rules, that's a great time to put yourself in a powerful position that the rules say shouldn't exist. From that perspective, destabilization is just them pushing stuff they don't care about out of the way.
I don't think it's that oligarchs want the US society to collapse, it's more that they're seen as reckless in their pursuit of getting that seat at the table of those in power. They're probably smart enough to know that eventually this path will lead to someone's destruction, but they're either confident or arrogant in their belief they'll be unaffected. Only time tell which it is