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Where democracy is most at risk: https://www.economist.com/graphic-det...
Zuckerberg’s fact-checking U-turn: https://www.economist.com/leaders/202...
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
01:33 billionaire vs oligarch
06:11 What makes an oligarchy
09:40 types of oligarchies
14:50 Reason to hope
16:19 Sponsor

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Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage.
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Narrated and written by Dr. Joeri Schasfoort
Edited by Nebula