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Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 11 hours ago

The head of Britain's intelligence service says tech giants are closer to running the world than politicians.

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The head of Britain's intelligence service says tech giants are closer to running the world than politicians.

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Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 11 hours ago
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MI6 chief: Tech giants are closer to running the world than politicians
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In first public speech on threats to UK, top spy warns of dangerous power shift amid surge in disinformation
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    The same government demanding to see your ID before it lets you browse Reddit is less powerful than Reddit?

    The same government demanding Apple makes all data on everyone in the world available for snooping?

    Boo fucking hoo.

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    Governments should view corporations as a threat actor and contrary to their interests. If they don’t, we will end up in a corporatocracy.

    • VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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      I mean yeah. We all read Cyberpunk and Shadowrun. Right? Right?

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        And some use it as a manual, not a warning.

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      It’s already completely broken.

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    News Headlines Reveal Truth from Ten Years Ago

  • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Politicians haven’t been in control for hundreds of fucking years and it’s not “tech giants” it’s fucking capitalists

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    so, not antifa, after all? maybe they need a rethink on who really deserves the terrorist branding.

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    Large companies should be treated like borderless states. When they wield the resources and manpower of a small country, their coercive and subversive abilities should not be ignored.

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    capitalists gonna capitalism. nothing new here.

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    This photo crop makes it look like she’s on “Hollywood Squares”.

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