Nazi's used fascism in a way that makes them look like amateurs. In today's America we are dealing with a "soft", slow fascism. But fascism nonetheless.
Fascism works because it is based on a few large corporations being controlled by the gov't instead of 330 million individuals. And it's extremely efficient. Businesses are not held to "constitutional rights" of Americans. A private business can rob you of your right to free speech; your right to own a firearm; your right to worship as you please. And this is EXACTLY why democrats and liberal "republicans" love big gov't that crushes small business. If all that is left is Amazon, Costco, and Walmart, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. When the gov't makes buying guns and ammo on the internet illegal (as Biden will undoubtedly do), and places like Walmart refuse to sell it on "moral" grounds, WHERE DO YOU BUY IT? Sure, you have a gun......... which is nothing more than a paperweight without ammunition in it.
See how nicely that works out?? FOR THE GOV'T. Not for you.
Remember when the ObamaLamaDingDing administration famously said that they shouldn't let the crisis of bankrupt, out of work Americans "go to waste?" Use it to pass $1 trillion in taxpayer funded gimme's for democrat donors! Which they did. Well, this "covid crisis" has been no different. They used it as a cudgel to attack Trump (as if any human alive could "stop" a virus), AND KILL AS MANY JOBS & SMALL BUSINESSES AS POSSIBLE. It was not an accident. It was a concerted, directed assault on freedom. Without choices you are totally under their control. You have only a few, large corporations run by liberals from which to get anything you are "allowed" to buy.
And once these businesses begin doing the bidding of the gov't, or even just their liberal, billionaire "progressive" CEO's and shareholders, there is no going back. Because wealth begets wealth. And no corporation is going to turn on the gov't when that is what keeps them rich.
Keep in mind: the nazi's got children to send their own parents to the gas chamber.
Fascism works.
Case in point: MICROSOFT. Microsoft has done great things for society in general terms, but they are a PERNICIOUS beast of a corporation. They spy on Americans, harvest their data, and get their "customers" TO PAY THEM TO DO IT. Did you know that microsoft windows 10 contacts the mothership company something like every 11 seconds? OH YES. And have you ever tried to stop it from updating itself? It's a chore, I can tell you. It took me three weeks of on-again, off-again frustration to figure it out. And why would I want such a thing? BECAUSE I PAID FOR IT, THE HARDWARE IT RUNS ON, and I should be able to control what information it collects on me, what files it accesses, who it calls and who it tells about my activity and WHEN.
Microsoft long ago figured out what Apple already knew: software is too limiting to steal personal information that is VERY valuable for sale on the open market. "Apps" that you can force onto a "cloud" server in order to work are much better suited to harvest where, when, how much and for-what statistics and information. In fact, these apps require you to "accept" terms and conditions and no one reads, rarely understand, and never contemplate the consequences of. In fact, if you refuse to agree you are barred from using these services/software/apps. **POOF** You have "agreed" to them spying on you, using your data, even scanning and cataloging your emails, documents, images, et al.
The average American would be stunned to know the amount and type of information these massive corporations have on them. It's fucking scary. And few have the resources or know how to prevent it.
And nobody loves it more than big gov't. Why? Because when you "agree" to allow these companies to spy on you, you no longer have any say over WHO THEY GIVE THAT DATA TO (or sell it to). Which means the gov't no longer needs the hassle and inconvenience of a judge to issue a warrant to hoover up your documents, images, texts, and location data. If you are not independently, and LOCALLY, encrypting everything you put on the internet, the gov't has a copy of it. If you don't know how, LEARN. Find a copy of the last working TrueCrypt and figure out how to use it.
"In other words, it is possible to effect policy globally through the judicious application of pressure to a few key technology platforms. "
And you thought you lived in a free country? Welcome to America.
Fascism works because it is based on a few large corporations being controlled by the gov't instead of 330 million individuals. And it's extremely efficient. Businesses are not held to "constitutional rights" of Americans. A private business can rob you of your right to free speech; your right to own a firearm; your right to worship as you please. And this is EXACTLY why democrats and liberal "republicans" love big gov't that crushes small business. If all that is left is Amazon, Costco, and Walmart, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. When the gov't makes buying guns and ammo on the internet illegal (as Biden will undoubtedly do), and places like Walmart refuse to sell it on "moral" grounds, WHERE DO YOU BUY IT? Sure, you have a gun......... which is nothing more than a paperweight without ammunition in it.
See how nicely that works out?? FOR THE GOV'T. Not for you.
Remember when the ObamaLamaDingDing administration famously said that they shouldn't let the crisis of bankrupt, out of work Americans "go to waste?" Use it to pass $1 trillion in taxpayer funded gimme's for democrat donors! Which they did. Well, this "covid crisis" has been no different. They used it as a cudgel to attack Trump (as if any human alive could "stop" a virus), AND KILL AS MANY JOBS & SMALL BUSINESSES AS POSSIBLE. It was not an accident. It was a concerted, directed assault on freedom. Without choices you are totally under their control. You have only a few, large corporations run by liberals from which to get anything you are "allowed" to buy.
And once these businesses begin doing the bidding of the gov't, or even just their liberal, billionaire "progressive" CEO's and shareholders, there is no going back. Because wealth begets wealth. And no corporation is going to turn on the gov't when that is what keeps them rich.
Keep in mind: the nazi's got children to send their own parents to the gas chamber.
Fascism works.
Case in point: MICROSOFT. Microsoft has done great things for society in general terms, but they are a PERNICIOUS beast of a corporation. They spy on Americans, harvest their data, and get their "customers" TO PAY THEM TO DO IT. Did you know that microsoft windows 10 contacts the mothership company something like every 11 seconds? OH YES. And have you ever tried to stop it from updating itself? It's a chore, I can tell you. It took me three weeks of on-again, off-again frustration to figure it out. And why would I want such a thing? BECAUSE I PAID FOR IT, THE HARDWARE IT RUNS ON, and I should be able to control what information it collects on me, what files it accesses, who it calls and who it tells about my activity and WHEN.
Microsoft long ago figured out what Apple already knew: software is too limiting to steal personal information that is VERY valuable for sale on the open market. "Apps" that you can force onto a "cloud" server in order to work are much better suited to harvest where, when, how much and for-what statistics and information. In fact, these apps require you to "accept" terms and conditions and no one reads, rarely understand, and never contemplate the consequences of. In fact, if you refuse to agree you are barred from using these services/software/apps. **POOF** You have "agreed" to them spying on you, using your data, even scanning and cataloging your emails, documents, images, et al.
The average American would be stunned to know the amount and type of information these massive corporations have on them. It's fucking scary. And few have the resources or know how to prevent it.
And nobody loves it more than big gov't. Why? Because when you "agree" to allow these companies to spy on you, you no longer have any say over WHO THEY GIVE THAT DATA TO (or sell it to). Which means the gov't no longer needs the hassle and inconvenience of a judge to issue a warrant to hoover up your documents, images, texts, and location data. If you are not independently, and LOCALLY, encrypting everything you put on the internet, the gov't has a copy of it. If you don't know how, LEARN. Find a copy of the last working TrueCrypt and figure out how to use it.
"In other words, it is possible to effect policy globally through the judicious application of pressure to a few key technology platforms. "
And you thought you lived in a free country? Welcome to America.
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