@nickofnz@mastodon.nz We're in a second Gilded Age and the oligarch objective is to control enough information and infrastructure to create a permanent monopoly based on State and individual dependency. Individuals and govts can make a stand by no longer using US big tech, but how many people are prepared to give up their Facebook, Windows, WhatsApp, Apple, Google, Android, AWS, GCP, Azure, Xitter, BSky, Insta, ...?