• Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
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    2 hours ago

    The rich have always had private armies and spy networks. The technology may have changed, but same old same old.

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      I disagree. My opinion is that the technology did change. It just became more efficient at doing its job (killing people, surveillance, and mass propaganda).

      The internet was supposed to be a gateway of information, but now it’s the largest propaganda network. Free speech is censored by closed source algorithms and the entire internet infrastructure is controlled and owned by the 1%.

      We are more isolated compared to before, class solidarity is almost nonexistent, and its easier to identify people now vs before due to being interconnected real time.

      I can go more on and on but the tldr is that technology has made it easier and faster to crush dissent