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ESSAY: Billionaire do-gooding is out. Naked oligarchy is in

ESSAY: Billionaire do-gooding is out. Naked oligarchy is in

Notes on the Bezos wedding, the Zuckerberg cop-out, and Trump's cruel budget

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Jul 02, 2025
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Like bottomless mimosas and a mother’s unsolicited advice, eras don’t just end. The new thing elbows its way in, the old thing lingers like a houseguest, and they compete for primacy. Only eventually — sometimes long after — do you notice the eclipse.

No one was ever going to announce that the era of performative elite do-gooding had ceded to the era of …

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