The smart city is not a city at all. It is a controlled environment, an open-air laboratory in which the population is simultaneously monitored, modulated, and managed.
Thank you so much for putting this all together! I am sharing it with groups who are actively working to stop the destructive surveillance centers! I appreciate your work very much!
This article raises an important question that many people are beginning to ask:
Who controls the infrastructure that controls our lives?
Whether every conclusion in this article proves correct or not, one fact remains clear. Energy, communications, finance, identity, education, food distribution, data collection, and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly centralised.
History teaches us that whenever power becomes concentrated, the people become dependent upon those who control it.
My concern is not simply smart cities, artificial intelligence, digital identity, or surveillance technology.
My concern is dependency.
A population that cannot feed itself, power itself, educate itself, communicate independently, or trade freely will always remain vulnerable to those who control the systems upon which it depends.
This is why we are building the PMA.
Not to fight existing systems.
Not to overthrow existing systems.
But to build parallel infrastructure that restores resilience, responsibility, and independence to ordinary people.
Private energy.
Private communications.
Private knowledge.
Private trade.
Private contracts.
Private communities.
The meek and mild have far more power than they realise when they work together.
Amazing article integrating all of the components of the Digital Control Grid. We have additional resources here:
https://theylied.ca/DigitalControlGrid/
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Thank you so much for putting this all together! I am sharing it with groups who are actively working to stop the destructive surveillance centers! I appreciate your work very much!
This article raises an important question that many people are beginning to ask:
Who controls the infrastructure that controls our lives?
Whether every conclusion in this article proves correct or not, one fact remains clear. Energy, communications, finance, identity, education, food distribution, data collection, and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly centralised.
History teaches us that whenever power becomes concentrated, the people become dependent upon those who control it.
My concern is not simply smart cities, artificial intelligence, digital identity, or surveillance technology.
My concern is dependency.
A population that cannot feed itself, power itself, educate itself, communicate independently, or trade freely will always remain vulnerable to those who control the systems upon which it depends.
This is why we are building the PMA.
Not to fight existing systems.
Not to overthrow existing systems.
But to build parallel infrastructure that restores resilience, responsibility, and independence to ordinary people.
Private energy.
Private communications.
Private knowledge.
Private trade.
Private contracts.
Private communities.
The meek and mild have far more power than they realise when they work together.
The solution to centralisation is not protest.
The solution is construction.
Build alternatives.
Build resilience.
Build communities.
Build infrastructure.
The future belongs to the people who build it.
— MJ