“Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore. It’s building empires. Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc is building the infrastructure of control—clouds, AI, finance, drones, satellites—an integrated system we call the Authoritarian Stack. (…) these firms now operate as state-like powers—writing the rules, winning the tenders, and exporting their model to Europe, where it poses a direct challenge to democratic governance.”
By @francescabria
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info
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@christianschwaegerl @francescabria Now if only people would elect a political majority that isn't hell-bent on speeding up this process.
@christianschwaegerl @francescabria “state-like”?
Many of the tech firms have a net worth bigger than individual countries, with no accountability to anyone but their investors.
There have been half-hearted attempts to rein them in, but few legislators and regulators actually understand the technology.
85yo US Senator: “do you think privacy is important?”
techlord: “why yes, Senator, I do. Absolutely.”
Senator: “thank you, I have no more questions”
@christianschwaegerl @francescabria
Let's call it what it is:
Not a "challenge" but a threat to democratic governance.
@jwalesch @francescabria The presentation on the webpage makes that very clear, yes. I wrote this scenario about it a while ago: https://www.riffreporter.de/de/umwelt/googlonia-ein-szenario-buchauszug2
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