“In all ages, whatever the form and name of government, be it monarchy, republic, or a democracy, an oligarchy lurks behind the facade. And Roman history, republican or imperial, is the history of the governing class. “
Here I want to suggest you an exercise. You can (and I think you should) organise yourself a month-long course in political theory. How? By reading The Roman Revolution
It is a very intense & unsentimental book covering the political transition of Rome, from Republic to Empire
$AVGO Broadcom CEO Hock Tan: Long lead times are encouraging customers to place orders years ahead of deployment.
“They are placing their orders early and they're placing their orders now, and they are placing orders in fairly huge demand.”
At this rate, the concerns over Oracle’s debt to equity ratio won’t matter, they can simply extinguish their debt by pulling a couple sticks of DRAM out of a server and reselling them.