'If You Can Keep It': The World Tech Billionaires Want

Imagine that the U.S. isn’t a democracy. Instead, it;s run like a corporation. The nation’s leader acts as a CEO and always has the final say.

This would be a world of unchecked capitalism. It’s a world where countries are replaced with privately-owned startups, and technology renders democracy obsolete. It sounds like a setup to a dystopian sci-fi movie.

But it’s a world that some of the biggest leaders in the tech industry are trying to make a reality. (npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-5925350/the-nerd-reic…)

In this installment of “If You Can Keep It,” we dig into the motivations of America’s real-life tech billionaires, what they really want with our system of governance, and what it all means for us.

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