'Bursts of authoritarianism' The United States is currently evolving into a Network State (Gil Duran, The Nerd Reich) [View all]

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https://www.thenerdreich.com/network-state-government-ai-tech-takeover-united-states/

The Point: The United States is currently evolving into a Network State, says a military analyst who writes regularly on the subject. John Robb, who publishes a small but influential newsletter called Global Guerillas, sees this as a positive development.

“We’re currently building a new control system because the old one isn’t providing us with high performance and/or cannot dampen instability,” he writes.

However, he predicts trouble: “The Red Tribe’s early alpha attempt to build a network state based on performance optimization will likely fall far short of a viable solution.”

(Note: "Red Tribe” is Network State-speak for Republicans. “Blue Tribe” = Democrats. “Gray Tribe” = new tech authoritarian faction.)

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Much more at the link. Long read, but well worth it, though this military analyst's views - views that Duran critiques - are chilling.