“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “broligarchy” — the powerful tech executives who are using their global digital platforms to amass unprecedented geopolitical power, dismantling democracy and enabling authoritarian control across the world. Her rallying cry: resist data harvesting and mass surveillance, and support others in a groundswell of digital disobedience. “You have more power than you think,” she says.
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Elon literally comes from Technocrats. It’s insane that so many powerful people have so little media literacy, they literally want to create a cyberpunk dystopia, meanwhile Musk thinks he’s the Antichrist, I just
Imma be real we just need these folks gone, I don’t wanna flee to Europe man.
There are some really good ways to make that happen if you try hard enough. I encourage you all to find one.
Europe is dope though. Way better than this car infested, stroad-ridden, big box infested corporate dystopia we live in in North America.
I spent 8 months living and working in France and wonder why the hell I came back to NA every single day.
Yeah, I know. But I’ve got a life here that I’ve worked hard for. House, business, family. I like the region I live in, it’s home. And I know a lot of good people here, relationships I’ve developed over decades.
Current plan is stick it out. My wife is an immigrant but not a citizen (like it matters), so we’re keeping her away from airports etc till the regime falls.
I wanna fight for my home and family tbh, I just need to keep her safe.
I totally understand. I was half joking with my comment. Hopefully this is just a case of all of us going down to the Winchester for a pint and waiting for this all to blow over.
You know, you probably know this phrase, “Do not obey in advance.” That’s Tim Snyder, who’s a historian of authoritarianism. We now are in techno-authoritarianism. We have to learn how to digitally disobey. That can be as simple as the dropdown box. Don’t accept the cookies, don’t give your real name, download Signal
… post on Lemmy?
