I think everyone halfway aware should have realized that very wealthy people actually belong to a Transnational entity that owes no solid allegiance to traditional nations. And politicians are ticks in the gilded hide. One day the oligarchs and their pet plutocrats will go into orbit and rule from above like the ancient gods from castles in the air. How many stories have, since the ancient myths, had that theme?
I think everyone halfway aware should have realized that very wealthy people actually belong to a Transnational entity that owes no solid allegiance to traditional nations. And politicians are ticks in the gilded hide. One day the oligarchs and their pet plutocrats will go into orbit and rule from above like the ancient gods from castles in the air. How many stories have, since the ancient myths, had that theme?