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by jmcmichael 3895 days ago
No, I think what the author of the article means by 'secret' is not the very complex processes themselves, but the secrecy those complex processes provide to the wealthy - secrecy and privacy that the hoi polloi do not enjoy. Also, the secrecy that allows these people to remove themselves from social and democratic processes that the rest of us must follow, like taxes and the law.