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re: What is your biggest critique of our society?
Posted on 7/31/15 at 10:30 am to sabes que
Posted on 7/31/15 at 10:30 am to sabes que
1. The credit infrastracture
Credit is a great equalizer when used properly but the infrastructure encourages irresponsible use. This has been shown to wreak havoc on economic systems, and while that may seem abstract, it very much affects people's everyday lives and basic needs (food, shelter, etc).
2. The increasingly draconian nature of the nation-state
Private prisons. Secret prisons. Torture. Spying. Data mining. Covert assassinations. Need I go on?
3. The lack of privacy in global information systems.
You no longer have the right to be forgotten. Half of your private life is now carried out in a semi-public space, and you do not own the digital traces you leave behind. These are bought and sold without your knowledge, so that corporations can sell you crap you don't need (see point #1) and governments can monitor your behavior (see point #2).
Credit is a great equalizer when used properly but the infrastructure encourages irresponsible use. This has been shown to wreak havoc on economic systems, and while that may seem abstract, it very much affects people's everyday lives and basic needs (food, shelter, etc).
2. The increasingly draconian nature of the nation-state
Private prisons. Secret prisons. Torture. Spying. Data mining. Covert assassinations. Need I go on?
3. The lack of privacy in global information systems.
You no longer have the right to be forgotten. Half of your private life is now carried out in a semi-public space, and you do not own the digital traces you leave behind. These are bought and sold without your knowledge, so that corporations can sell you crap you don't need (see point #1) and governments can monitor your behavior (see point #2).
Posted on 7/31/15 at 10:35 am to TxTiger82
Good stuff. Agree on the credit/money thing. We have an economic system essentially based on infinite growth and that has to collapse or at least contract at some point. Infinite growth v. finite planet. Which do you think will win?
I used to be kind of a liberal pussy, but SJW nonsense has sent me scurrying in the other direction (Cecil sig pic is a joke).
I used to be kind of a liberal pussy, but SJW nonsense has sent me scurrying in the other direction (Cecil sig pic is a joke).
This post was edited on 7/31/15 at 10:36 am
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