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cybernetics

political economy: the enemy in the mirror

Much of what capitalism conditions us to fear in communism is what concentrated capitalism already does: centralise power, narrow freedom, restrict opportunity and preserve poverty as structural necessity.

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cybernetics

corruption

Corruption begins when reward outpaces responsibility, reflecting the tendency of complex communication systems to abbreviate consequence and concentrate advantage.

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Philosophy

independence day

Freedom is easy to celebrate in theory and much harder to preserve in practice.