All that being said, I see the oligopoly distancing themselves from conservatism and even liberalism, the two dominant ideologies in the Anglosphere for the last century or two, and embracing progressivism.
Of course these’re just masks they wear and we won’t get anywhere unless we don’t comply with their corruption and support dissidents at every level, county/municipal, state/provincial and federal, executive and legislative.
Even if dissidents often don’t get elected, the more votes they get, the more pressure we put on mainstream politicians to adopt some of our policies.
Yea I see the oligopoly distancing itself from conservatism, in part because of the rise of rightwing populism, but also just because that may be the way the world is heading, or at least the way they want it to.
I can see progressivism and liberalism become the two dominant ideologies for the next century or two, rather than conservatism and liberalism.
I can see conservatism trading status with progressivism, becoming the 3rd wheel with little chance of winning, and so more freedom to be its authentic self like progressives had, be the 3rd, fuck you vote to the status quo.
As society moves away from conservatism to progressivism, the oligopoly will sink its talons into it and it’ll grow ever more corrupt.
It’ll become less preoccupied with holding the banksters and corporations accountable and more with stupid shit like holding Christians, conservatives, men, whites, gas guzzlers, meat eaters, the unmasked and the unvaxxed ‘accountable’.
Just as conservatives had their gangs beat the shit out of hippies, punks and so on, progressives will have theirs beat the shit out of conservatives, at least in progressive neighborhoods where they dominate.
Western civilization started out ultra conservative, then we had this period of liberal democracy and moderation.
I think ultimately it will culminate in a progressive totalitarian dictatorship before total collapse, but all this may take several centuries to fully unfold.