Battle Of The Oligarchs

This Week In Blunders – Feb. 9-15

“We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy. I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards to the American political system that I've ever seen in my life.” - Jimmy Carter

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Nobody knew how seriously to take Elon Musk when he challenged Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight in 2023.

History might be different if these two cock fighters had jumped in the cage together, but the X owner chickened out as the Meta founder stood his ground.

Now there’s a reversal. Musk has Zuckerberg in a headlock as the unofficial, unelected president of the United States. And in response Zuckerberg has swung to the right like a partially immobilized wrestler trying to gain a foothold.

“You’re not feeding at the government trough any more. It belongs to me.” (Illustration: AI generated.)

Zuckerberg has to curry favor with the administration to avoid sanctions against his own empire, which competes with Musk on several fronts, including artificial intelligence development.