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kinda doesn't get brought up enough in context that the two richest corporate leaders in America are directly bankrolling and supporting authoritarianism seems like something our modern journalistic gumshoes might want to include in their articles about MAGA flyover country diner "populism"

cnbc.comLarry Ellison is $110 billion richer after blowout Oracle earnings reportLarry Ellison, the co-founder and technology chief of database software incumbent Oracle, is closing in on his friend Elon Musk's net worth.

Karl Bode

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"authoritarianism" is often discussed as its own special thing, when what we're really talking about (as I wrote about back in January) is an unholy alliance between fascist extremism and corporate power:

damemagazine.comAmerica’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal - Dame MagazineAmerica’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error....

11/9/25, 2:39 pm16 reposts67 likes

Karl Bode

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11 Sept 2025

anyway, now they effectively control CBS, on their way to dominating the entirety of mainstream media

techdirt.comWith Looming CBS Hire Of Bari Weiss, Two Of The Four Major U.S. Networks Will Now Be Right Wing Propaganda MillsFor fifty years or so, U.S. media academics warned anybody who would listen about the perils of letting your media companies consolidate in the hands of a bunch of rich assholes and giant, amoral c…