Hitler was a monster. In many ways worse than Stalin and Mao. Because he was probably better-educated, more intelligent and more erudite. Stalin and Mao were, as you say, simply monsters. Hitler was an intelligent monster. Artistic... erudite.
The Tech Oligarchs are Hitlerites. They are among the best and brightest history has ever seen. Their success, has warped them, Nietzsche-like into the very definition of Absolute Power Corrupting Absolutely. Surrounded by sycophants and Yes-men... they have believed since they were virtually teenagers with under-developed psyches... that they are superior beings.
They are the greatest threat to civilization ever.
But, hey, kings, potentates, dictators... Senators. All the same.
They are smarter than us. So they need us under their thumbs. Again, you are a trained philosopher. No surprises, right? Locke, Kante. Hegel. Descartes... The enlightenment should have taught us so much. Instead, it's created technology that makes sociopaths even more powerful. Radio. TV. Theater. The WWW. All used, not to educate... but to subjugate. Because human nature includes monsterism.
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