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Oil profits fund the AI spyware & election meddling necessary for ubiquitous surveillance.
As the planet fries, oil oligarchs need a means to quell dissent & revolutions while laundering their money.
https://popular.info/p/billionaire-surveillance-enthusiast
https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-keep-citizens-on-their-best-behavior-2024-9
https://www.theringer.com/2026/03/03/media/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-larry-ellison-david-merger-netflix
They're laundering their cash in a rush, via American tech, before the citizens of those countries realize how they're being looted & pillaged and launch revolutions like the Arab Spring.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/heavy-lies-the-crown-the-survival-of-arab-monarchies-10-years-after-the-arab-spring/