People are rightly alarmed at the accumulation of large amounts of wealth by individual men, which sometimes eclipses the budgets of entire countries. For example, Jeff Bezos wealth ($243.8 billion) exceeds the government budgets of Finland, Iceland, Estonia, and Latvia combined ($227.64B) No civilisation has an interest in allowing private individuals to rival the power ... read more
Category: Opinion
Subinternet
Computer technology, once a boon to productivity and creativity, is now poised to destroy jobs, democracy, the stock market, and even mental health. Maybe it’s time to dial back computer technology to a level that is less menacing. ... read more
De Facto Conspiracies
There are conspiracies which do not exist, but which act like they do. ... read more
Propaganda Stock Exchange
Capitalism is inherently incapable of providing community, but it is capable of convincing people that it has. ... read more
RE: Why I Am Staying on Twitter
In response to Ole Nymoen’s article in derFreitag about his reasons to stay on X-twitter, we respond to these common arguments as follows: I refuse to let a rogue billionaire destroy the platform on which I found friends, made professional contacts and informed myself every day. You refuse to let a billionaire do what he ... read more