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In the Epic of Gilgamesh billionaires' capture of government is illustrated.
A tale older than myth.
always has been
A tale as old as written time, and probably before then.
we didn't actually have oligarchs for a long time back when we lived in small communal villages. someone like this would be beaten to death and we could use going back to doing it.