Not Trump or Xi or Modi. It's these industrial complexes that really run the world

What we read, watch, browse, and eat, the headlines that grab our attention, the social media posts that confirm our fears and biases, the pills we pop and the weapons armies use — all of that and much else is controlled by a few networks of big companies, They have far more influence than any govt. Yet we barely think about them. Biden talked of a tech-industrial complex. But that’s just one part of the story. Here’s a primer

Not Trump or Xi or Modi. It's these industrial complexes that really run the world
What we read, watch, browse, and eat, the headlines that grab our attention, the social media posts that confirm our fears and biases, the pills we pop and the weapons armies use — all of that and much else is controlled by a few networks of big companies, They have far more influence than any govt. Yet we barely think about them. Biden talked of a tech-industrial complex. But that’s just one part of the story. Here’s a primer