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Palace complexes reach back into pre-history all over the world.
People can always be cowed by hoarding and violence. Just ask Trump.
it's one thing if they're cowed by this behavior, but the billionaire worship is completely unforced and makes me pessimistic about humanity's future since it implies that'll we'll keep letting the epstein oligarcy keep doing what it's doing even if they're not forcing us.