#technoauthoritarianism — Public Fediverse posts

"Where Trump’s first administration was defined by a generally symbiotic but tenuous relationship with #BigTech, the second would be, from the jump, a rancid union of #SiliconValley ideology and fascist impulse. [...]

"In many ways, the shameless about-face comes as the culmination of the #tech world’s open embrace of self-advancing cynicism in recent years."

https://thebaffler.com/latest/e-pluribus-uh-oh-kim
#USpol #AI #SiliconValleyRight #technoauthoritarianism #techFutures

The Long Arc of #Fascism Teach-in | Panel 2: Fascism as Capitalist Counter Revolution

"[T]he second panel turned to the present, mapping how fascism re-emerges as a reactionary force defending #racialCapitalism and elite rule against emancipatory movements."

w/ Brenna Bhandar, Avery Everhart, Gastón Gordillo, Alberto Toscano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCK1yNFv5bE
#LateFascism #FarRight #NewRight #Palantir #BigTech #tech #SiliconValleyRight #technoauthoritarianism #politicalTheory

"The Accelerated Construction of Techno-Authoritarian Infrastructure"

This is the first in a series of articles examining BigTech’s threats to democratic society and exploring pathways forward.

https://freeknowledge.eu/accelerated-construction-techno-authoritarian-infra

#ExtremeRight #BigTech #GAFAM #DigitalCoup #TechnoAuthoritarianism #Collapse #Resistance

"It is true that Silicon Valley is home to a horde of reactionaries that pine for a modernity free of liberalism, as well as gripped by a delusion that society would be best served under their dominion. But why? If we are going to offer a theory such as techno-authoritarianism, we have to have some theory about why there is such a break. LaFrance offers us a tautology: these individuals accelerating the pace of our innovation and the triumph of digital technologies owe it to ideas that prioritize accelerating our innovation and the triumph of digital technologies.

The sad truth is this: Silicon Valley and its reactionaries are chickens coming home to roost. Silicon Valley is not some Promethean flame we smuggled from Olympos. Technology is not some primordial force corrupted by libertarian nerds with too much money. It's of the real world, it's material, it's influenced by the forces of history as much as anything else. Those forces come out of choosing to prioritize technology that helps us undertake surveillance for commerce, advertising, imperial adventure, speculation, and political suppression. The existential threat posed by today's tech capitalist overlords will get much worse. The funny ideas they have about their divine right to rule, their suspicion of competition and democracy, and other people who do not look like them—well, that's how we got here in the first place."

https://thetechbubble.substack.com/p/ai-slavery-surveillance-and-capitalism

#AI #Capitalism #Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #TechnoFeudalism #SocialControl #Automation #TechnoAuthoritarianism #Slavery