{
  "id": 6888932,
  "title": "Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-12T08:00:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a-supremacist"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Naomi Klein, renowned writer and activist, has turned her attention to the world of tech billionaires in her latest work. In her new book, she explores how the super-rich are exploiting climate and financial instability to amass power. The opening scene of her book, set in 2026 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, paints a vivid picture of a \"paradise city\" gated at every entrance, where the only inhabitants are the ultra-wealthy. One of the men, Jared Kushner, weeps as he describes the city's beauty. However, this is not merely a metaphor; it is a reflection of the real-world aspirations of the WEF's elite attendees. In reality, the World Economic Forum serves as a platform for the super-rich to showcase their charitable work and flaunt their luxurious lifestyles. During this year's gathering, the world's richest men openly debated the potential of transforming a mass grave into real estate.",
  "summary": "She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursuit of power Naomi Klein’s new book starts on a mountaintop with two “faithful men gathering an audience to share their vision”. It’s a vision of a paradise city, gated at every entrance, no need for…",
  "key_points": [
    "The book's opening scene depicts a gated paradise city inhabited only by the ultra-wealthy in 2026.",
    "At the World Economic Forum, the richest men discuss transforming a mass grave into real estate."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}