American Oligarchs: Wealth, Power, and Corruption

For this meeting, we will consider how oligarchs such as Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and others have been dominating the American political system and also how the media environment has been obsessing over them. Musk gave $200 million dollars to Trump's re-election and this probably helped swing the election results in his favor. The two kingpins had an alliance for a while, which recently unraveled into public war of words. What might come of this fight between Trump and Musk? How might this fight be damaging to the American economy and political system? Are we doomed to be ruled by the short-tempered whims of egotistical oligarchs? Or can we do better? If anyone has suggestions for how we can improve the political system and media environment in the coming years, please try to provide detailed and realistic explanations.