Oligarchy Wielding
Power
Janet Kuypers
1/20/25
“Protesting is all we can do,”
I’ve heard too many complain
when the populist oligarchy
came into power today
(I can’t believe I put those
two words together, when
‘populism’ is a push against
the elite for all the ‘people’,
and ‘oligarchy’ describes a
country led by a select few)
But how is protesting helping
when people’s news sources
have become social media,
led by the same giants who
funneled millions to our now
populist leader so that they
could have what they want.
Maybe it’s those tech kings
we should be afraid of, when
they wield so much power...
But days before this populist
came to power in the once-
freest country in the world,
a study was released from
the Netherlands showing that
yes, social media may be the
people’s news now, but the
biggest distorter of the news
on social media is right-wing
populists.
So, when everyone chooses
what news they want to hear,
reason and logic be damned,
what good to protests do
when everyone has already
closed their minds and ears.
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