Quietly competent evil vs loud evil: the oligarch's dilemma

Political critique meme featuring two contrasting images: top shows JD Vance and a woman at a cheerful campaign event with blue lighting, bottom shows a serious-faced man (appears to be Peter Thiel based on context) against ornate wallpaper. The text warns about sophisticated oligarchic control disguised as populism. Extracted text: With disciplined messaging, massive donor backing, and tech-savvy political infrastructure, Vance represents a cleaner, more efficient form of oligarchic rule. Less spectacle. More control. Less scandal. More inequality. And if we only prepare to fight the loud version of authoritarianism, we may miss the quieter one — the one funded by billionaires, optimized by venture capital, and sold to voters as "populism" while the richest Americans tighten their grip on power. This is not just about 2028. It's a warning about where American politics is headed — unless we confront the money behind it now. Send a gift