"Are Big Tech companies trying to end democracy?" That is a critical question.
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"Are Big Tech companies trying to end democracy?" That is a critical question. Unfortunately, the answer seems to be yes. Even so, they do it in the guise of "Fair Market" and "Deregulation."
#digitalsovereignty #democracy
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/is-big-tech-trying-to-shut-down-democracy -
"Are Big Tech companies trying to end democracy?" That is a critical question. Unfortunately, the answer seems to be yes. Even so, they do it in the guise of "Fair Market" and "Deregulation."
#digitalsovereignty #democracy
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/is-big-tech-trying-to-shut-down-democracy@kdkorte "Running government as a business" has always been anti-democratic/fascist
"Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class — whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy."
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@kdkorte "Running government as a business" has always been anti-democratic/fascist
"Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class — whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy."
— Frank Herbert@DLC I think the bigger problem is that many of these companies want to equate society with their business. This takes it a step further from running government as a business.
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D) causes the government to issue massive AI and IT contracts to prop up the failing tech giants. -
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