This is not a new development, but has been the case for at least 100 years...even longer.

"Oligarchy" is not one united front.

Oligarchs have different utopias that they strive to create. They each imagine that THEIR utopia is the good one.

They jockey for power against other oligarchs, and will temporarily team up with other oligarchs that are traveling in the same direction.

Democracy is rule by oligarchs.

This isn't some new development that popped up in 2024.