Oligarchy is a paradox. It is inescapable. To fight it directly only strengthens it.

Communism aims to eliminate oligarchy but only succeeds in making the most powerful oligarchies in history. That’s because you must elevate a new more powerful oligarchy over the old in order to usurp the old.

Dave Smith episode today provoked these thoughts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEtsTOkOoqM