Oligarchs, AI and fascism: The perfect storm against democracy

Moderated by Tomas Kauer

Sep 25, 2026 – 01:00

As Australia finally joins the voices calling for sanity on AI and the Ku Klux Klan say they find One Nations rise heartening, managing editorMichelle Piniexamines what such developments mean for democracy.

ITS NO SECRET that oligarchs are seizing control of our data, have accumulated more money than we could ever print (if paper money was still a thing, of course) and thus enjoy a humungous level of power.

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