We have seen this story before. Power corrupts etc. The laws about monopoly were good but have moved the issue to billionaires conspiracy to take over government in the quest for lower taxes, no regulation that cost profit but saves lives and of course wage control by zero enforcement of wage collusion.
We play this game often but the chance of losing permanently and turning into Russia is real.
The difference this time is AI and social media offer a cost effective way of thought control.
The only remedy is to ignore any “news” that sounds like opinion, The brain chemistry associated with social media algorithms feeding fear uncertainty and doubt is more addictive and more dangerous than fentanyl.