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Power Chat – Ferial Haffajee & Maria Ressa on tech titans, the Broligarchy and authoritarianism

In this episode of Power Chat, author and Daily Maverick Associate Editor, Ferial Haffajee sits down with Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa to dissect the dangerous rise of the "broligarchy" – the alliance of powerful tech CEOs and political figures.
Power Chat – Ferial Haffajee & Maria Ressa on tech titans, the Broligarchy and authoritarianism Author, journalist and Daily Maverick Associate Editor, Ferial Haffajee and Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate, Maria Ressa.
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By Ferial Haffajee
29 Jan 2025
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Produced by: Bernard Kotze & Emilie Gambade

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in Jan 30, 2025, 06:30 AM

In the 2020 elections, Big Tech overwhelmingly backed the Democrats by something like 4:1 against the Republicans. Even in the 2024 election, oligarchs like Bill Gates gave Harris $50m. "Funny" that this didn't make the Soros-funded hacks' heads explode....

Craig Strachan Jan 30, 2025, 07:43 AM

Elon Musk gave Trump over 250million dollars.

in Jan 30, 2025, 07:59 AM

And George Soros, the ultimate plutocrat, also gave the Harris campaign millions. Not that you'd hear that being discussed in the diatribe above.

Lawrence Sisitka Jan 30, 2025, 09:15 AM

This is an entirely different order of 'support'. We are genuinely in the post-truth world, and Trump of course does not give a damn about truth anyway. Everything that Maria Ressa said made complete sense, and it points to the dystopian future that we all hoped we could avoid - no chance now!

Lawrence Sisitka Jan 30, 2025, 09:47 AM

The final call for living by real values and faith in humanity is something we all need to work on and frame our lives by. We must continue to celebrate and support diversity and difference, not be blinded by the monocultural moronity of both Trump and his tech buddies. Tough times ahead!

User Jan 30, 2025, 01:25 PM

The balance is now corrected, with free speech at X and Meta. And DEI booted out of the US, and I hope soon in the rest of the world.

alastairmgf Jan 30, 2025, 08:50 AM

Harris had a much bigger war chest than Trump. Who do you think were her doners? Interestingly she is reported to have PAID, not received, PAID, Oprah Winfrey, a million dollars to endorse her on the latter’s show. I wonder how the doners feel about the use of their money.

Rae Earl Jan 30, 2025, 09:12 AM

Oprah Winfrey has a massive following and was seen as a big Dem drawcard so, money well spent.

Sandra Gordon Jan 30, 2025, 09:44 AM

Thought provoking and powerful messaging. Just damn good journalism