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Rage of the Oligarchs Naomi Klein: 'What They Want Is Absolutely Everything

by mindracer on 5/7/25, 12:28 PM with 19 comments

• by jayemar on 5/7/25, 3:42 PM

  I'm not a big fan of reading interviews, so I preferred reading the linked article that was referenced from April 13:

  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/...

• by tastyface on 5/7/25, 5:35 PM

  > believes world government comes from the antichrist

  > participates in world politics that seek to entrench and unify conservative elites

  Is Thiel’s corpus callosum severed or something? I have a hunch he genuinely does not see a contradiction here.

  These “leaders” need to be institutionalized before they literally cataclyze the end times.

• by meesles on 5/7/25, 12:53 PM

  One of the core problems I think America refuses to acknowledge is the pervasive culture of idolatry and putting the rich on pedestals. It seems inevitable that if the "American Dream" is basically just becoming rich enough, that you get lots of people that value money over everything else. Power and wealth usually seek more power and wealth, and here we are. Capitalism is a cancer.

• by Mr_Eri_Atlov on 5/7/25, 7:50 PM

  Circles in circles, the patterns of history repeat again and again.

  Vile to see religion wielded for oppression so blindly in the pursuit of riches.

• by PicassoCTs on 5/7/25, 12:43 PM

  They can not imagine that the dysfunction of the world is part of them. Its always the external thing, the state, the people who don't share the vision, counter-movementarians. Once they control everything- the excuse machine runs dry of the oil- and turns towards conspiracy. There are traitors everywhere, which prevent ideological perfection and heaven on earth. And against such pure evil, such single-minded cancer, there can only be one resolution. Welcome to StallInc. You have gone all the way around, to reach the same outcome.