[Arm-netbook] OT: The U.S. Needs to Stop Lecturing the Rest of the World About Internet Values

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 1:46 AM, Jonathan Frederickson
<silverskullpsu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Of course this could all be the result of complex plots within the US
> government and foreign governments, but I tend to believe that it's
> more just a lack of exposure to different cultural values.

 very much so, i feel.  in essence: no one size fits all, and now we
see even emerging countries are beginning to wake up to the massive
over-reach and destruction of sovereignty that the U.S. has been
undertaking for decades.  the key point of the fascinating and rather
long article [1] is that various small countries are viewing U.S.
diplomatic and political efforts finally for what it is: extremist
imperialist domination.  unfortunately they're not the only country
that's historically manipulated entire [small] countries, but the
point is we kiiinda expect it to *be* history... not still happening
*right now*.

 now, i'm not one for just "complaining": there's enough of that crap
going on already.  i very much like to also suggest actual solutions,
and in this instance there happens to be a perfect fit: look up
someone called "robert david steele".  there's an extremely good
article about him in 2014 by the guardian [2].  he started the "open
source intelligence" movement.  a quote:

Today’s capitalism, he argues, is inherently predatory and destructive:

“Over the course of the last centuries, the commons was fenced, and
everything from agriculture to water was commoditised without regard
to the true cost in non-renewable resources. Human beings, who had
spent centuries evolving away from slavery, were re-commoditised by
the Industrial Era.”

huh.  how about that.  someone else who recognises that "employment"
is nothing more than a rebadged, re-introduced form of slavery.  don't
believe me?  if you're a software engineer actually READ your
employment contract.  paying particular attention to the intelligence
enslavement clauses.  the ones that say that your employer owns
absolutely everything that you do, think and say.  if it wasn't
enslavement, you would be REWARDED in direct proportion to the value
of the work that you provide.  you don't: you get paid a quotes fair
wage quotes.  fuck off if you actually want *shock horror* shares in
the company!

yyeah....

holy fuck i had no idea:  "the west supports 42 of 44 [world] dictators".


[1] http://m.journal-neo.org/2016/11/09/philippines-triggers-asian-tectonic-shift-away-from-us/
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jun/19/open-source-revolution-conquer-one-percent-cia-spy