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URL:https://www.yaleclub.de/events/the-united-states-of-oligarchy-how-amer
 icas-wealthiest-ally-with-dictators-weaken-the-u-s-and-destroy-democracy/
SUMMARY:The United States of Oligarchy: How America's Wealthiest Ally With 
 Dictators\, Weaken the U.S.\, and Destroy Democracy
DESCRIPTION:\nThis event will be in-person and live online\n\n\n\nAdmission
  is free. Please register here → https://eveeno.com/amerikahaus-caseymi
 chel\n​To watch the livestream → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdOk
 Redrcw4\nNo registration in necessary to watch online\n\n\nFor years\, a s
 mall group of billionaires has amassed increasing power\, steering America
 n politics for their own benefit. These oligarchs are not working alone. F
 rom China to Russia to Saudi Arabia and beyond\, many of these men have cu
 ltivated alliances with America’s most notorious adversaries\, opening t
 he doors for autocrats around the world to sink their teeth into the U.S. 
 Placing profit over patriotism\, they have transformed into vectors of inf
 luence for some of the world’s most repulsive dictatorships\, all of who
 m are trying to create a world dominated by imperialism and tyranny. Conne
 cting everything from the devastation in Ukraine to destruction in Gaza to
  destabilization in Greenland\, these oligarchs have transformed American 
 policy and American politics into their own private fiefdoms\, regardless 
 of what Americans actually want. \nJoin us for an evening with Casey Mich
 el\, author\, journalist\, and Director of the Combating Kleptocracy Prog
 ram with the Human Rights Foundation. He is the author of American Kleptoc
 racy\, named by The Economist as one of the "best books to read to underst
 and financial crime." His writing on kleptocracy\, illicit finance\, dark 
 money\, foreign interference has appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall
  Street Journal\, Financial Times\, The Atlantic\, and more.  His second 
 book\, Foreign Agents\, is about the rise and devastating impact of the U.
 S.’s foreign lobbying industry and was described by The Economist as “
 an eye-opening depiction of an industry that has largely defied efforts to
  keep it in check” as well as one of the “biggest foreign-policy book 
 releases of 2024" by Foreign Policy Magazine.\nMODERATION: Jannis Brühl\,
  one of Germany’s leading digital journalists. He heads the digital and 
 finance team at the Süddeutsche Zeitung. He studied political science and
  American studies in Erlangen and Portland\, Oregon. In New York City\, he
  was an Arthur F. Burns Fellow in the newsroom of the investigative journa
 lism platform ProPublica. He works as a moderator and speaker and has been
  reporting for the SZ for more than ten years on Big Tech\, focusing prima
 rily on the disruptions coming out of Silicon Valley and their impact on G
 erman society.\nThere will be a networking drinks reception for all after 
 the event. Books will be available for purchase and signing.\n\nPhoto Case
 y Michel ©Versha Sharma
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CATEGORIES:Munich,Munich Dialogues on Democracy,virtual
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