u/DumbMoneyMedia

We are effectively watching the final stages of corporate capture in real time. The idea that Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Jensen Huang are the most qualified people to "advise" the government on science and technology is genuinely insane if you have even a passing interest in how a functional democracy is supposed to operate.

This isn't just about "expertise" because these guys aren't scientists. They are capital owners. They are the primary beneficiaries of the very systems they are now being asked to "regulate" and "guide." It is a fundamental conflict of interest that we are just expected to accept as the natural order of things.

Think about the material reality of what this looks like:

• You have the CEO of Meta advising on data privacy and social cohesion while his platform has spent a decade actively eroding both for the sake of engagement metrics.
• You have the founder of Oracle, a man who has built a career on massive government surveillance contracts, helping "steer" the future of national tech infrastructure.
• You have Jensen Huang, whose company holds a near total monopoly on the hardware required for the AI revolution, sitting in the room where the rules for that hardware are written.

It is literally the fox guarding the henhouse, but the fox also owns the company that builds the fences. We are moving past the era of lobbying and straight into a bespoke form of technocratic oligarchy where the distinction between the state and the billionaire class is non existent.

If you think these men are going to prioritize the public good, or ethical AI development, or consumer protections over their own quarterly earnings and market dominance, you are living in a fantasy world. This is about making sure the regulations of the next decade are written by the people who stand to profit from them the most.

Interesting, its almost as if the US doesn't have any domestic supply.

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If this price holds til tomorrows market open, we will see the national gas prices break the $4 mark.