They’re also publicly admitting to wanting to be despots.

Of course the opiate for the masses is not for theirs. They know at this point the Internet is technically an infohazard. They made it that way on purpose.

Good, it will make them want it all the more. I remember when the iPhone first came out and it was the hot ticky item for all the young folk to have. I remember Bill Gates banning his children from using iPhones. There were pictures in the news about a month later with the kids carrying iPhones.