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Did you read the entire article? They specifically bring up, amongst others, the role the Chinese state is playing in the development of this technology to ‘con

• verisimi 4y ago
  I read the article. How to explain his quote though? He seems to buy into the idea of evil governments (China) and good ones (his own) that can somehow be petitioned! He seems to have no recollection of the Edward snowden revelations. The learning here was that Western governments collect information on their own citizens as part of their governance methodology, they are the worst, but they do this covertly (for now). In the west, the trick seems to be to make/allow people to think they have some autonomy via 'representative democracy' while propagandising them via the corporate governance arm. In the west, we don't seem to be able to recognise that corporations and government are 2 wings of the same bird, whereas in China they do not suffer that illusion. Put simply, its individuals versus authority. If you believe you need to have an authority to decide for you, so be it - do as you will. The problem is that most authority believers seem to think it is ok to inflict governance on everyone else too!
  • UncleEntity 4y ago
    > The problem is that most authority believers seem to think it is ok to inflict governance on everyone else too! Or more precisely they wish to inflict their ideals through governance on everyone else. No need to inflict anything on them because they are already true believers.