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Oxfam Warns of Rising Authoritarianism & Billionaire Boom

2026-01-21 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt World leaders are gathered in Davos, Switzerland, site of the World Economic Forum — which has turned into an emergency summit over President Trump's threats to take over Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. This comes as Oxfam International has released a report finding economic inequality creates "fertile ground for increased authoritarianism." Amitabh Behar, executive director of Oxfam International, says "the entire multilateral structure seems not just fragile, it's broken." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@Rhythmicons 2026-01-21

Billionaires using their wealth to screw over everyone else has convinced me that Billionaires deserve their wealth stripped of them Dr. Zhivago style.

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@olorin4317 2026-01-21

They want to turn the world in a global prison guarded by swarms of autonomous slaughterbots. We must deny their dreams of unbridled authoritarian power.

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@Loveyourself7392 2026-01-21

I’m so tired of greed. Many people work tirelessly everyday to make these people rich knowing they don’t really care about their workers. So tired of where we are today.

86 7 replies
@julieburton5965 2026-01-21

Trillionaire is obscene

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@jimstride5823 2026-01-21

This is so overwhelming thier is no hope for humanity when the billionaires take over everything

61 3 replies
@olorin4317 2026-01-21

God bless all those who throw monkey wrenches of righteousness in the struggle against fascism worldwide.

37 2 replies
@DeanneRichter 2026-01-21

Let's take care of this administration once and for all and Release the Epstein files!!!

30 1 replies
@thairk 2026-01-21

Great report and great people! deeply grounded in values resisting the genocidal state and its immoral supporters like Mark levin, Ben Shapiro, Randy Fine, Bill Maher, Pompeo and co.

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@MrLoobu 2026-01-21

When the majority knows, the majority wins.

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@GCalmly-g6d 2026-01-21

Greedy selfish gaslighting mentality ill oligarch hoarders will destroy everything even for themselves.

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