Some More News: Is America An Oligarchy?

Hi. On today's episode of Some More News, we look at how Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and a handful of tech billionaires became our digital landlords, why being online now means paying them rent, and what a bunch of Russian oligarchs might have to do with any of it.

Hosted by Cody Johnston
Executive Producer - Katy Stoll
Directed by Will Gordh
Written by Tom Reimann
Edited by John Conway
Produced by Jonathan Harris
Post-Production Supervisor - John Conway
Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales
Graphics by Clint DeNisco
Head Writer - David Christopher Bell

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:44 - Is America An Oligarchy?
3:07 - Is America a Technofeudalism?
17:26 - Russia = Internet
35:31 - Tech Billionaires Are Now Our Digital Landlords
45:19 - People Are Pissed Off
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