Tech Oligarchs Return To The Drawing Board As Faithful Algo Rage Bait Method Stops Working

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Pro-worker victories in Europe and South America, along with looming midterm elections that could devastate the MAGA movement, have sent the global tech oligarchy back to the drawing board as their trusty formula of using algorithms to forment outrage, elect anti-worker politicians and secure deregulation for the ultra-rich may be losing its touch.

Lula's victory in South Americas largest economy, followed by a surprise defeat of Serbia's right wing, have made many elites who believed they had stumbled upon the winning formula slightly nervous.

An emergency meeting was called after several billionaires discovered that showing a warehouse worker fourteen videos about trans people in sports before breakfast had failed to distract him from the cost of petrol and shopping.

“We’re looking into whether people are being exposed to their payslips” said one platform executive.

“Obviously, that’s quite a radicalising document.”

The group has spent years refining a system in which declining living standards are explained by immigration and gay people.

However, indications suggest some voters have begun asking questions about wages, housing and why their landlord owns eleven apartments.

One billionaire suggested the problem could be solved by purchasing another newspaper, while another proposed appearing on a podcast to explain that ordinary people were being manipulated by powerful interests that definitely aren't them.

The meeting concluded with agreement that democracy remained essential, provided voters could be persuaded to use it correctly.

In the meantime, users will be shown a further six videos about phone snatchers in London.