There is a term for countries where corrupt, criminal regimes can do whatever they want and the wealthy elites can indulge their degenerate desires: banana republics.
I would suggest “meta Banana Republic”. That seems quite fitting to me because it clearly highlights the self-referential nature of the exploitation (albeit by private individuals rather than other countries) – and besides, with his social media empire, Zuckerberg is both one of the beneficiaries and provides a significant part of the propaganda machine that somehow still ensures that many people do not recognize the bitter reality.
There is a term for countries where corrupt, criminal regimes can do whatever they want and the wealthy elites can indulge their degenerate desires: banana republics.
To be precise, that term means they are being exploited by another, wealthier country. The USA have become their own banana republic.
I would suggest “meta Banana Republic”. That seems quite fitting to me because it clearly highlights the self-referential nature of the exploitation (albeit by private individuals rather than other countries) – and besides, with his social media empire, Zuckerberg is both one of the beneficiaries and provides a significant part of the propaganda machine that somehow still ensures that many people do not recognize the bitter reality.
Well, MAGAts have been saying it for long that the US isn’t a democracy but a republic. I guess the banana, like with measurements, was implied.