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The era of the revelation of the power behind the powers— the arrival of the techno-lords
Flashmag! Issue 160 May 2025
And then suddenly the veil of Westernia was torn away, revealing the hideous head of the hydra. An entity so complex as to be elusive. An attribute that made it indecipherable to the Westernian populace, who suffered its effects without understanding anything. The new ruling class was not made up of politicians who themselves understood nothing except the material benefits they obtained by representing this power from behind their ejectable seats. The creators of codes and virtual capital were the nec plus ultra, who, like the Sun King, were the light that illuminated the world while ruling it with an invisible and implacable hand. A handful of mega-corporations controlled data flows, platforms of expression, and surveillance infrastructure. Their mega-billionaire leaders were celebrated as enlightened despots, visionary gods whose tools were indispensable in humanity’ s evolution toward a quasi-perfect species.
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