THE richest man on Earth bought the global town square and swung the world’s most important election for a billionaire, using lie after lie.

Now every other billionaire is cheering. America’s richest men - all tech bros - saw their wealth boom after Donald Trump won. And the richest of them all, Elon Musk, will soon be in government - making himself even richer. But sure, let’s pretend Trump is socking it to elites and sticking up for the little guy.

There was plenty of chatter ahead of the election that we were heading for fascism. Rather what we’re seeing is oligarchy rise. That oligarchy rose on the back of hard-right populist rage curated online. The tech bros are taking over - and they’ll move fast and break things.

The first Trump presidency was - will be - very different to Trump Two. Now, it’s clear that half of America - maybe half the world - idolise him, despite knowing exactly who he is. Trump is unleashed.

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For those who don’t idolise Trump, it’s like a separating door has closed between us and the others. Indeed, it’s more than a door - fittingly, it’s a border. A border to another reality. For that is now the 21st century’s battleground: the nature of reality itself.

Essentially, Trump asks you to believe what he says reality is, not what others tell you, or what you see with your own eyes. That’s where we are: the leader is always right.

The days of left and right are over. Until the advent of social media, we all agreed on facts. What we disagreed about was how to respond to those facts. Do we raise taxes or cut them?

Now, in Trump Time, facts are whatever you want them to be. It began in the first days of his first presidency. Remember the enormous crowds at his inauguration which........

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