That belief is actually really common in the US. Particularly among the upper middle class (the top 10%, and 90% of HN readers) to convince themselves that when they disagree with people in the working class, who outnumber them by far, that it's really not them vs the majority, but rather them vs a few evil billionaire puppet masters. And of course the only way to fight these evil billionaires (on behalf of the poor, of course. lol!) and their prole slave army is through censorship (censorship by companies controlled by, uh, the evil billionaires of course!). It's the mental gymnastics that allow you to be an authoritarian but still nominally believe in "democracy."

> As I said above, this sounds exactly like you are a shill for the big money billionaires

Billionaires, if you are reading this, please contact me with offers!

Yep, this is exactly what I would say if I was a shill. Obfuscate, mock, downplay. You got it down.