what the oligarchs [and fascists] don’t want you to understand:
the same underlying technologies enabling this power concentration
can be architected to resist it.
The key isn’t begging for better billionaires or smarter
regulations—it’s recognizing that decentralization isn’t a
technical preference.
Decentralization is a democratic necessity.
Backstory:
fascists are winning because they’ve built a direct pipeline
from concentrated technological power
to concentrated political power.
This isn’t about technology being inherently dangerous—it’s about how
distorted Wall Street incentives drove us toward digital infrastructure
that mirrors authoritarian power structures.
[fascists] discovered that when digital platforms become centralized
and authoritarian, democratic institutions will follow.
cont:
The same authoritarian capture that took over centralized social media
is already threatening AI systems as well.
Just as we’ve watched [a fascist] morph Twitter’s algorithms
into X’s non-stop amplification of his personal political
preferences, we’re seeing AI systems designed to reflect the
biases and political agendas of their corporate owners.
But this pattern isn’t inevitable. We need to understand that
AI doesn’t have to be another tool of oppression. Designed
correctly, it can be a weapon of liberation.
Lede:
Backstory: cont: