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The equivalent of dukes, barons and other modern nobility need to pay tribute to the new king. It's a tradition as old as humanity itself.
Those goes back to the concept of anacyclosis, or social cycle theory. After democracy comes ochlocracy, concentration of wealth and demagogues, what turns into a form of monarchy.
In an ideal world, CEOs would have no more access to politicians than the average citizen.
In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to breathe