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Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, etc. all acting in concert.
Companies that collectively control the information flow for 3 billion people
Companies, without which, modern life is impossible.
These companies have just announced they are in control of the US political system
DeSantis: “If you riot, you are going to jail, and you are going to have to spend time in jail. If you assault law enforcement in a violent assembly, you are definitely going to go to jail. You burn down somebody’s business. ...”
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This isn't the corner grocer capitalism our parents grew up with.
This is a networked world. These companies have a stranglehold on small business formation/success. Our access to the public square Our ability to find/get a job. Our access to personal communications.
Parler CEO “Every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers all ditched us too on the same day”
This is a disconnection cascade.
Once the plutocrats at the big companies disconnect you, everyone else follows (or else).
US forces being surrounded in Kabul is a military blunder but it isn't discussed.
We fought a war over WMDs that didn't exist, but nobody was held accountable.
95% of PPE production was outsourced to China (etc.), so we didn't have enough when COVID arrived. Crickets.
cont.
Trump is exploiting a critical flaw in the US election system.
The data sucks and it won't improve.
In fact, it's so bad that any and all claims based on it are suspect from the start.
The entire process currently rests on a leap of faith that it is approximately correct.
Taliban forces are only a handful of miles from Kabul.
They can simply drive up to Kabul's airport and either shut it down with mortars or take it in a coup de main, before the evacuation is complete.
At that point, it's not just an embarrassment, it's a military disaster.
Translation: Any social networking or communications app that isn't under the control of the big platforms, and therefore subject to their AI-fueled 'moderation' will be branded as a threat.
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On January 6, when a mob stormed the Capitol, some far-right extremists in homes across America and on the ground in Washington, DC, used the unencrypted, walkie-talkie-like app Zello to communicate with each other in real time. cbsn.ws/3svkB0c
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White House Domestic Terrorism strategy document is out.
It's a Patriot Act on steroids.
In short, it reorients Homeland Security to focus on domestic threats/unrest.
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The banks knew, for years, that CDOs were risky and toxic but they sold them anyway to pension funds, making the financial crash possible. Nada.
I could go on and on.
Nothing real is being discussed. Nothing is being corrected. Nobody is held accountable (just the opposite).
Here's the network diagram of Twitter's purge in January (black dots are deleted accounts).
This is more than rules enforcement. It's the anatomy corporate takeover of the US political system.
More: twitter.com/beeeeeers/stat
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One good explanation is that we are suffering from is that our system is suffering from rampant:
"assumption rot"
Any answer for a crisis that calls into question ANY of core assumptions is automatically filtered out of the public discussion as unrealistic or ill-informed.
As expected.
Aggressive warnings and labels like these, only work if the recipients are in the same tribe.
If they aren't in the same tribe, these labels are seen as aggressive disinformation. twitter.com/steverathje2/s
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Starlink is now a military system.
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Aerorozvidka most sophisticated drones are connected using Starlink, a system donated by Elon Musk that uses satellites in a low orbit to enable “high data rate” activities thetimes.co.uk/article/elon-m
The rioters on Jan 6 assumed the establishment's extreme passivity towards the left's 2020 rioting (~2,400 policemen hospitalized, ~140 federal facilities damaged, thousands of businesses damaged/destroyed, church/police station burned, looting) would apply to them.
It didn't.
In other words: we will do what we did in Iraq and Afghanistan in the US.
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Veteran CIA officer and former deputy DNI Sue Gordon calls for a "9/11 Commission kind of activity" to apply "lessons that we learned in the fight against foreign terrorism" to battle domestic extremism pbs.org/newshour/show/
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We learned nothing. twitter.com/larmbrust/stat
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He fought to maintain the integrity of the source material, and this is the story they used to get him fired.
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These folks don't look at Zuckerberg, Dorsey, Cook, Pichai, etc., and think:
"They have too much control over people, let's give people more control over their lives"
They are envious of them. They think they could wield this power better, as the lords and ladies of big tech.
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Harsher punishments if committed 'in furtherance of a riot.'
"For instance, a burglary committed by a rioter would be elevated from a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison, to a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison."
If the US can't even fix rampant price gouging in insulin, one of the most commonly used generic drugs in the world, how can we expect it to reform health care?
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This is an old chart. A patient in the US now pays up to 15x more for insulin now than in most other countries.
For Democrats, the most trusted institution in the country is Amazon. For Republicans, it is the military (Amazon is #3).
bakercenter.georgetown.edu/aicpoll/
"U.S. Capitol Police will start using Army surveillance equipment to monitor Americans as part of a larger effort to improve security and turn the force into “an intelligence-based protective agency"
As expected, the new Green Zone in DC has become permanent.
We might see another exclusion zone for the HQs of hedge funds and investment banks in the not too distant future too.
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PERMANENT SECURITY FENCING coming to US Capitol.
New statement from acting US Capitol Police chief: "Vast improvements to the physical security infrastructure must be made to include permanent fencing"
#thelongnight of networked authoritarianism is descending on Canada.
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Imagine this same scenario - where everyone is in #digitalID system. There will be no need for strong-arm tactics nor police intimidation. The state will simply "lock you out" of society if you do not comply. DigitalID = global surveillance & absolute compliance.
#FreedomConvoy twitter.com/elleprovocateu…
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New definitions for a riot:
"a public disturbance of at least three people with a “common intent.." A new crime of aggravated rioting... if the disturbance involves nine or more people and results in “great bodily harm,” property damage over $5,000 or blocks traffic..."
An hour from Kabul's airport. Far less from the outskirts.
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#Taliban entered Maidan #Wardak capital city in west of #Kabul
#AfghanistanConflict
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Google just jumped onboard, joining the other big companies and thousands of small ones.
The corporate takeover of the US political system continues.
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#Breaking: Google has suspended President Trump’s YouTube account and disabled its comments.
What we're seeing in Afghanistan is a great demonstration of how to switch realms of warfare.
From guerrilla warfare fought in the moral realm (and given the rapid collapse of the ANA, a complete success) to maneuver warfare fought in the psychological realm (more success).
Aligned Analysis from
The has a big story claiming a massive rise in right wing terrorism.
washingtonpost.com/investigations
However, the data tells us that attacks have been declining since 2016. Why did they claim the opposite?
This is a lie.
There was tear gas at the Capital. Flash bangs. Pepper spray by the bucketload. Batons. Punches. A killing.
It is possible to condemn this event and the people who participated in it, without lying.
We're already off to a bad start.
A classic:
"In 1982, Larry "Lawnchair" Walters and his girlfriend bought 45 eight-foot weather balloons and enough tanks of helium to fill them."
"His plan was to take off from his home in San Pedro, California and simply float 30 feet above his backyard for a few hours."
