Tag: Iron law of oligarchy
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The new oligarchy: Beijing, Mumbai, and the Silent empire
For over a century, the Western elite controlled the script. Wall Street set the pace (aka the super-rich families and banks), Silicon Valley drove innovation, and Washington exported governance models dressed up as democracy. However, that world is gone. Today, a new oligarchy rises—not from Paris, Berlin, or New York, but from Beijing, Mumbai, and…
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How can an ordinary man fight corruption
Corruption not only costs us trillions of dollars a year, but it also distorts the political process to an extreme degree (the very ability to conduct things in favor of citizens). You say the Iron law of oligarchy still prevails, so there is no need to be an ordinary member when the shadow eminence will…