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Meta is banning discussion of the 'Network State' concept; a Silicon Valley Oligarch-funded idea to replace American democracy with corporate government. (www.usermag.co)
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[–] tree_frog@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, I just tend to think of that stuff as corporate feudalism. And I learned that concept from playing shadowrun as a kid and then getting into other cyberpunk stuff.

And yeah, it seems to be the direction we are headed. Elon musk is a fan of blade runner and I don't think he identifies with the poor people but the rich CEO.