Scott Galloway: Oligarchy Or Bust

Impolitic with John Heilemann

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News, Politics

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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John is joined by Scott Galloway to discuss the impending Tech Bro tableau at Donald Trump’s inauguration and Joe Biden’s warning about America’s incipient transformation into an oligarchy. Galloway—professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, host of the Pivot and Prof G podcasts, and author of The Algebra of Wealth, The Algebra of Happiness, and The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google—argues that the U.S. isn’t just turning into an oligarchy but a kleptocracy as well; that Mark Zuckerberg’s rollback of content moderation and other safeguards on Facebook will be far more socially damaging than what Elon Musk has done to X; and that Musk is all but guaranteed to crush Steve Bannon in the escalating battle between the two men and the political factions they represent. Scott and John also wax lyrical about the joys of Great Dane parenthood and the brilliance of David Lynch (RIP). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:23.6	As the countdown clock to Trump 2.0 strikes three, three days out from the once and future president,
1:31.0	reoccupying the Oval Office, two related news items reached out and grabbed me by the proverbial
1:38.1	lapels and gave me a good vigorous shake. The first news item, that on inauguration day, the following troika of tech multi-billionaires would not only be
1:50.1	in attendance for the festivities in Washington, D.C., but would be seated together, just
1:55.0	a few feet away from Donald Trump as he takes the oath of office.
1:59.2	Elon, Ree Reeve Musk,
2:02.1	Jeffrey Preston Bezos,
2:04.7	and Mark Elliott Zuckerberg.
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