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The actual title of the article is “Surveillance Capitalism Vs. The Surveillance State.” I could be very wrong about this, but, I worry more about corporate su
by mark_l_watson 5y ago
The actual title of the article is “Surveillance Capitalism Vs. The Surveillance State.”
I could be very wrong about this, but, I worry more about corporate surveillance than government surveillance.
That said I worry about both. When the government and corporations know much more about us than we know about them then they have a tactical advantage in every interaction.
- germandiago 5y agoI worry about both. But a corporation will never have the level of power of a state as we know them today. The state on top of f*cking you they extract you money so they end up abusing you with your money. If they feel uncomfortable they regulate against you if they see a chance and do not forget they have the legal monopoly of force. It is not that I favor one or the other. Is is just a bigger threat power in a State, which remember, are managed by imperfect humans also, such as corporations, than corporations. Because corporations cannot become monopolies easily (in deregulation I would say that they cannot by definition) and do not have power to regulate (at least not in theory, we all know crony capitalism, right?).