#5yrsago The internet is made up of revolutionary technologies, but isn’t revolutionary https://locusmag.com/2018/11/cory-doctorow-what-the-internet-is-for/

#5yrsago America for sale: 38% of all #ElectionFunding comes from 0.0001% of Americans (2,210 people account for 25% of the total) https://memex.craphound.com/2018/11/06/america-for-sale-38-of-all-election-funding-comes-from-0-0001-of-americans-2210-people-account-for-25-of-the-total/

#1yrago The End of #TheRoadToSerfdom https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/06/the-end-of-the-road-to-serfdom/

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That leads to votes for politicians who are willing to tax rich people. Thus do we find ourselves on #TheRoadToSerfdom:

https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian/

Other realists go even further, suggesting that anyone who disagrees with orthodox (#ChicagoSchool) economists shouldn't be allowed to vote: "[a]nyone who opposes surge pricing should be disenfranchised. That’s how we should decide who decides in epistocracy."

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