21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 19 Nov 2023 \ parent \ on: Meta Econ Takeover Day 32 meta
I think there's something to the idea that new communications technologies lead to the collapse of regimes. The old power structures were built on the old technology and when that gets displaced people get a peek behind the curtain.
Hence, this time is different because people have more information and can see a bit more clearly and will act accordingly. Man must act my friend.
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It's not exactly that people have more information It's that they get access to information that the regime used to be able to suppress.
Yes, people have to act. Also, yes, people won't act unless they're under sufficient pressure. We're seeing that, though. People are irate about the economic and political situation, and the new communications technology paradigm makes the regime's attempts at controlling the narrative ineffective.
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