BGDon 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 👨‍💻Mar 2

Good points in here.

Yes, hypocrisy and arbitrariness are running amuck at the moment but the real danger is allowing mistrust in free enterprise (with appropriate regulations) to support a situation where there it becomes ok for using heavy-handed state power for arbitrary coercion. That is far more dangerous than any individual company's situation. https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/anthropic-and-the-right-to-say-no #Anthropic #StatePower #FreeSociety #FreeEnterprise #Coercion #Pentagon #AI #Principles #Policy #Hypocrisy #Business

joe•iuculano Feb 26

Via #RobertReich - Feb 25, 2026

It’s time to make #CitizensUnited #history. #Montana — and now #California — can lead the way. Here's how.

#CorporatePower #Corporatism #StatePower #PAC #SuperPAC #Democracy #USpolitics #SCOTUS

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-california-can-neuter-citizens

How California Can Neuter “Citizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All

The Golden State has an opportunity to save American democracy from big corporate money

Robert Reich
Kairos PrometheonFeb 20

The UDHR doesn't grant rights — it declares them. Then Article 29 quietly hands the state a master key to revoke any of them for "general welfare".

A right the state can limit is a license. A freedom requiring permission is a privilege with better branding.

🔗 https://kairos-prometheon.com/en/blog/2026-02-20-human-rights/

#HumanRights #UDHR #Statepower #Liberty #Sovereignty #Philosophy

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Structural Autopsy

The UDHR declares your freedoms — then Article 29 lets the state limit them for 'general welfare'. A right the state can revoke is just a license with better branding.

Kairos Prometheon
Ask a Punk NetherlandsFeb 12

SKROETFEST, Zwolle: Zeke, Skroetbalg, State Power, Antillectual, March, more

Hedon, Saturday, April 11 at 04:00 PM GMT+2

Skroetfest - zaterdag 11 april 2026 – Hedon Zwolle. Zet die datum rood in je agenda, want Zwolle wordt die dag weer geannexeerd tot Drents grondgebied tijdens Skroetbalg's vierde editie van SKROETFEST! Vorig jaar was het káts uitverkocht dus zie hier de eerste redenen om snel je kaarten veilig te stellen: https://www.hedon-zwolle.nl/voorstelling/32677/skroetfest-2026

https://calendar.askapunk.nl/event/skroetfest-zwolle-zeke-skroetbalg-state-power-antillectual-march-more

Kairos PrometheonFeb 11

The state claims moral authority while systematically violating every principle it demands you uphold. Ten commandments. Ten inversions. One question: Will you keep bowing?

🔗 https://kairos-prometheon.com/en/blog/2026-02-11-inverted-covenant/

#StatePower #Sovereignty #PoliticalPhilosophy #Voluntarism

The Inverted Covenant: A Speech to the Faithful

When the authority meant to enforce morality becomes its greatest transgressor, does it retain any legitimate claim to power? An examination of ten inverted commandments.

Kairos Prometheon
Ian Kydd MillerFeb 8
https://www.iankyddmiller.com/post/why-criticising-the-israeli-government-is-not-antisemitic-opinion
#Impunity #HumanRights #StatePower
Why Criticising the Israeli Government Is Not Antisemitic. (Opinion)

In moments of war, language becomes a battlefield of its own. Few accusations carry as much moral weight — or are deployed as quickly — as the charge of antisemitism. Increasingly, it is invoked not to describe hatred of Jews, but to shut down criticism of the Israeli government. This conflation is not only intellectually flawed; it is dangerous.Antisemitism is real. It is ancient, lethal, and resurgent. It refers to hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews as Jews. Criticising the a

Ian Kydd Miller
Ian Kydd MillerFeb 8
https://www.iankyddmiller.com/post/notable-internal-dissent-within-israeli-civil-society
#Impunity #HumanRights #StatePower
Notable internal dissent within Israeli civil society.

There is notable internal dissent within Israeli civil society, including among respected rights organizations, scholars, and activists who have publicly challenged their government’s policies in Gaza and in some cases have directly accused the state of actions that meet the legal definition of genocide. 🇮🇱🧠⚖️Here’s a balanced and clear breakdown of what’s happening within Israel itself regarding these debates:🧩 1. Israeli Rights Groups Using the Term “Genocide”🔹 B’Tselem – One of Israel’s

Ian Kydd Miller
CRMunozFeb 8
Border enforcement is often treated as exceptional.
In practice, it becomes precedent.
This essay examines how authoritarian tools are normalized at the margins—and why internal fragmentation makes that easier, not harder.
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlosrmunoz/p/fragmentation-is-a-luxury-democracy
#Democracy #CivilLiberties #StatePower
Fragmentation Is a Luxury Democracy Can No Longer Afford

What Living Under the Border State Teaches Us About Unity, Power, and the Cost of Left Fragmentation

DemocraTrend
Yonhap Infomax NewsFeb 5
President Yoon warns that the government will take decisive action, including full use of state authority, to curb inflation caused by monopolistic practices and price manipulation.
#YonhapInfomax
#PresidentYoon #Inflation #Monopoly #StatePower #PriceHikes
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=104054
President Yoon Vows to Fully Mobilize State Power Against Price Hikes Driven by Monopoly Abuse

President Yoon warns that the government will take decisive action, including full use of state authority, to curb inflation caused by monopolistic practices and price manipulation.

Yonhap Infomax
James BakerFeb 5
Why wouldn’t you just want a minster to be able to edit any software or hardware used in a critical service? Fed up with E2EE then just remove it for national security reasons, want more surveillance capacity just add it in to the software or hardware. #cyberbill #statepower #surveillance