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Aaron's activity on September 28 centered on two related themes: the concentration of power among tech elites and the erosion of democratic and legal norms more broadly.

On the tech governance front, Aaron reposted commentary criticizing Anthropic's reported plan to give its founders permanent control over the company through a "Founder LLC" structure, insulating decision-making from market forces or shareholder input. He amplified the view that this arrangement "simply should not be legal," and paired it with a broader observation that companies across what one poster called the "Thieliverse" are converging on the idea that democratic accountability is an unacceptable risk in the AI era — framed as a troubling pattern, not a coincidence. The underlying Reuters report on the Anthropic governance structure is here.

Aaron also reposted NPR's reporting on Trump's announcement of plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending — a move that drew criticism even from some Republicans as illegal. Rounding out his engagement with political culture, he reposted a reflection on how behaviors historically understood as vices — cruelty, dominance, contempt — are being rebranded by powerful figures as virtues, a framing he expressed strong agreement with.