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Some notes on Owned by Eoin Higgins

Because I'm not writing a narrative book review.

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Carl Beijer
Feb 07, 2025
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I just finished reading Eoin Higgins’ new book Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left, and I cannot recommend it enough for anyone who wants to understand the New Right media landscape. The book tells two parallel stories: first, about the rise of our Silicon Valley oligarchs and their efforts to refashion the me…

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