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Ideas · 2026-01-05 · 55 min · 8,341 words

Ditch democracy. This movement wants tech-elites to govern

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Get ready for a brand new season of Dragon's Den with a new full-time dragon, Drew Scott from Property Brothers, Thursdays at 8, 8.30 Newfoundland, streamed now on CBC and CBC Gem. Brought to you in part by AWS. This is a CBC podcast. I've been quite open about this around the office. I don't want this Parks Department to build any parks because I don't believe in government.

I think that all government is a waste of taxpayer money. Welcome to Ideas. I'm Nala Ayed. My dream is to have the park system privatized. This is the character Ron Swanson, director of Parks and Recreation from the TV show of the same name.

And run entirely for profit by corporations. Like Chuck E. Cheese. And this is the American software engineer Curtis Jarvin. You could probably put any of the Fortune 500 CEOs in and say, okay, you're in charge of the executive branch, fix this.

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