Oil and Tech Oligarchy

I was just imagining American tech oligarchy five years from now as a parallel to Russian oil oligarchy; including the extreme poverty and wealth inequality. To really take it to the limit, we'd need Russia-style propaganda to keep the people in line, extremely poor job prospects for the masses (to keep military recruitment up), a willingness to use force to suppress dissent, and a return to trauma-bonding in the military. Much like the world consuming Russian oil, the only way to stop it would be to get the world to stop using American tech.

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How does one do #4 on this checklist?

• https://i.redd.it/v00bq05hbypf1.jpeg

Crush labor compensation, convert it into capital gains:

• https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/doordash-launches-delivery-robot-in-push-into-autonomous-technology.html
• https://old.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1nua8px/tariffs_bring_automated_factories/

Crank up the trauma bonding in the only job young men can get:

• https://old.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/1nv5jov/bookmark_this/

Declare war on any cities where people resist:

• https://bsky.app/profile/petersterne.com/post/3m22pwqx42c2g

Purge non-compliant generals:

• https://old.reddit.com/r/NoFilterNews/comments/1nue77y/trump_vows_to_fire_generals_on_the_spot_if_they/

Wanna see America in 5 years? Look at Russia. America's tech oligarchs are actively recreating Russian oil oligarchy.