Writing is an inherently oppressive technology. Some of the first uses for writing were tax records to record what was owed to the king. A large bureaucratic

Writing is an inherently oppressive technology. Some of the first uses for writing were tax records to record what was owed to the king. A large bureaucratic state could not exist without writing. In addition, up until recently, literacy was confined to the upper classes, and the common people could not read or write. This was used to perpetuate the privileges of the upper classes.