As he prepares to close the chapter on over five decades in American politics, President Joe Biden has aired his concerns over the state of American democracy during his final television interview. The mention of a new ‘oligarchy’ powered by tech barons seems to echo a warning from the past, as if reminding us that he is not unaware of the shifting sands of time. His worry about the ‘guardrails’ of democracy is reminiscent of a nostalgic yearning for the good old days. Biden’s final speech from the Oval Office brought attention to the once-menacing ‘military-industrial complex’ and now, the ‘tech-industrial complex’. As his successor, Donald Trump, is poised to take the helm surrounded by a posse of the world’s wealthiest men, Biden reflects on his own past debate missteps and the lack of political promotion. He mentions the intra-Democratic Party squabbles over credit for achievements, as if to say, ‘Yes, we did it, but our voice was not loud enough.’