2026-11-09 15:13 UTC
Five years may be a slightly short timeline for this, but I used to believe technology was a democratizing force: giving voice and power to people where they wouldn’t have had it otherwise. There has been some truth to this, individuals can certainly use it to spread messages, sometimes extremely effectively
I now believe it is overwhelmingly a force for the consolidation of power to a wealthy few.
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@strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-11-09 16:41
I hate the vagueness of the term “technology”, so I’m going to assume you mean computers and the Internet. The problem is not computers or the Internet. I believe that they would likely exist within a communist or even anarchist society, because they have plenty of uses. The problem is capitalism and fascism. They can and do turn literally anything against the people, and they will continue to do so until they are all removed from power globally.