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What Final Fantasy VII Got Right About Billionaires and Corporate Power
How do billionaires turn extreme wealth into economic, political and cultural power? And when a handful of wealthy individuals and corporations can influence what we watch, the technology we use, the politicians we elect and even the rules governing our economy, who holds them accountable?In this episode, I examine the growing influence of billionaires, corporate consolidation, monopolies, tech oligarchies and wealth inequality through an unlikely starting point: Final Fantasy VII and Alejandro Iñárritu's Digger. What once seemed absurd about Shinra, a fictional corporation powerful enough to…
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