re: Florida Gov. DeSantis goes to war against ‘Big Tech,’ citing censorship of Trump

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“oligarchs in Silicon Valley”

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This is the first time I've seen a major political figure call these people by their name.

We've a always had oligarchs, but we never called them that.

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at Bloomberg Business Week, one longtime staff correspondent told me, the very use of the word “oligarch” is not permissible, since that’s not the proper image of the boss.

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This is an interesting change. And I think it matters.

In American culture, oligarchy is unacceptable. It's like a tyrant in the Roman Republic.

The difference here is the old oligarchs did their best to stay out of sight. These new men, people like Bezos or Bloomberg, don't.

I think they're tempting fate. When DeSantis calls these people Oligarchs, it both justifies and demands action.