That’s an oligarchy, not a “narco-state”. The poor attempt at scaremongering just discredits the rest of the point and anyone else trying to make the same point.

Anything to not call Nazis Nazis.

That’s pretty offensive to narco states. It some thing to sell drugs, it’s another to have brought fascism back.

It’s pretty apt, honestly. It’s just the next step of the climate-denial and cancer-denial playbooks.

We know that the tech bosses are aware of how harmful their stuff is. We know that they hire experts specifically to make their stuff as addictive as possible. We know they bribe the hell out of politicians to avoid getting regulated. We know they cook their books and launder money like crazy. We know their financial models are predicated on getting everyone to use an ever-increasing dose of their stuff. We know that people suffer horrific conditions to help build their devices and moderate their content cesspools.

It may seem crass to compare tech bosses to narco kingpins. But that’s because their methods are crass. They want to seem sophisticated and unique. But they’re not.