For decades, internet politics has been shaped by a cyberlibertarian perspective that obsessed about government while enabling the corporate dystopia we live in today.
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For decades, internet politics has been shaped by a cyberlibertarian perspective that obsessed about government while enabling the corporate dystopia we live in today.
If we want a better internet, we must abandon that perspective and reclaim sovereignty over digital technology.
Reclaiming sovereignty in the digital age
Cyberlibertarianism must die if there’s to be any hope of a better future for the internet
Disconnect (disconnect.blog)
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@parismarx No mention of the internet enabling popular participation, as it used to, the only choices are government or corps. No defence of the public domain: only the 'file copying is theft' argument. No internationalism: the internet must be broken into national blocks so that sovereign state rules can apply. To cap it all 'the dregs of society' is a surprising phrase to come from someone I thought left-wing. Not my favourite article!
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@marinheiro @parismarx I generally agree with all you said there; the only problem is that popular participation allows drug dealers to take over the dark web, and paedophiles to rule Telegram-space, and that isn't good for any society.