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President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday evening to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy.
President Joe Biden warned of a rising ultrawealthy “oligarchy” in America that poses a threat to the nation’s democracy, in a grave farewell address delivered Wednesday as he prepares to cede the White House back to Donald Trump.
The outgoing president's message echoed concerns raised decades ago by President Dwight Eisenhower about the military-industrial complex, but with a modern twist focused on the tech
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Speaking from the Oval Office as he prepares to hand over power Monday to President-elect Donald Trump, Biden sounded alarm over the accumulation of power and wealth among a small few.
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Borrowing from Dwight Eisenhower, he warned of an ascendant “tech-industrial complex,” and that “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that really threatens our entire democracy,
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