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The string-pullers for Donald Trump
The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, has turned his 44 billion-euro toy X, formerly Twitter, into a propaganda machine for Trump.
The second richest man, Jeff Bezos (Amazon), stopped his toy, the "Washington Post", from making an election endorsement against Trump.
The third richest man, Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook etc.), sharpened the algorithm screw for the man who is supposed to help him avoid having to pay a billion-dollar fine in Europe.
For the first time, the high-tech gods, who have amassed incredible wealth in a very short space of time, have entered a US election campaign. The debate as to whether money can buy politics is electrifying this election campaign. Elon Musk is spreading fake news and giving away a million a day to potential voters to mobilize support for his idol Trump.
Resistance to this is growing. Already 250,000 readers have canceled their digital subscription to the "Washington Post".
It has been 100 years since the USA was faced with the problem of tycoons such as Rockefeller & Co. trying to influence politics in an undue manner. Under President Theodore Roosevelt, the danger to democracy was recognized and the monopolies were broken up.
When, if not now, is it high time to reduce the monopoly power of a few network potentates to a tolerable level?
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