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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down

By Rebecca Shaw · The Guardian · January 2025

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down

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"Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl"

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