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So, we officially rolled back on the "capitalism" will reform authoritarians theory? Do those political science papers and books get retracted? Do those who p
by throwaways85989 5y ago
So, we officially rolled back on the "capitalism" will reform authoritarians theory?
Do those political science papers and books get retracted?
Do those who propagated this nonsense for years do public apologys?
Will professors who carriers road on this dead horse leave universitys and grants?
Does the end of history have a shelf life?
- eunos 5y agoMy crazier opinion is that we will see in the future tech especially IT will not be seen as ultimate tools to topple "authoritarians" but also enable of such practice. Expect that there will be push back again open source for that reason. If Linux as a global open source project started gain traction just in last 5-10 years, pundits and columnists would condemn Linus because he allowed entities to build IT ecosystem beyond US sanctions regime, e.g. North Korea has its own Linux distro however flawed it is.