> Once upon a time, computers did what you told them to without reporting you to the stasi, Google, or a number of marketing firms. Now that kind of freedom is

> Once upon a time, computers did what you told them to without reporting you to the stasi, Google, or a number of marketing firms. Now that kind of freedom is obscure and hard to access for most people. Varoufakis answers the question here[^1]. Use subtitles, translation is acceptable. Yanis pointed out any new "successful common" (e.g. building societies) gets privitized. The most widely known example he points at, is the internet. He also point out, that this is nothing new. Happened in the 19th century as well. [^1]: https://youtu.be/JfGgRf0JPr8?t=1761 https://youtu.be/JfGgRf0JPr8?t=1761 [^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratos_(mythology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratos_(mythology)