rant · moment 13 of 24
Powerlessness, Violence, and the Tech-Government Alliance
from No Fat Nazis · #126
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3 minTim argues that stripping people of a platform and voice breeds violence, and that big tech companies are aligned with the security state and government rather than truly independent, using the Macron/yellow vest unrest in France as an example.
- 32:39Reddit moderators and tech platforms claim to balance free speech with preventing doxxing and harassment.
- 33:34Tim argues that when people feel completely powerless and unpersoned, they become violent because discourse has been eliminated.
- 34:10The first wave of deplatformed people are the hardest to defend, but Tim expects the pattern to intensify beyond them.
- 34:36Tim questions why tech companies dependent on government don't face antitrust enforcement and spotlights an unhealthy alliance between Big Tech and the state.
- 35:11The elite have become technocrats, oligarchs, and cosmopolitan globalists who made a deal to defend the state.
- 35:29Tim compares Macron dismissing Yellow Vest protests by telling people to be patriotic instead of addressing their concerns.