tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post836967704023371976..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: The tools are in place nowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-88252339409286530422013-06-19T13:39:05.993+02:002013-06-19T13:39:05.993+02:00The famous historian Ibn Khaldun neatly summed it ...The famous historian Ibn Khaldun neatly summed it up that every state needs a core of people who exercise command and a group of followers willing to execute the violence.<br />How do we define violence in an age of extreme information connection? What is control? What state do we want to support?<br /><br />The current states are all scared and clueless (be it the PRC or the USA). At such times people usually do chose some kind of controlism as long as they lack vision and understanding (and the Arabian Spring civil wars will make the drive for controlism much stronger). These are tools that can be used for oppression or rather tools that enable control mechanisms. The latest revolutions and wars all showed what effects this unprecedented human data connection can have and what misuse is possible.<br />I'm not against security measures to guard against misuse of our communication infrastructure. It's our socio-economoic and political structure that comes under debate by these enabling devices. Our administered way of old to discuss and solve problems is impacted by a new outlet with the promise to create better common solutions. It's the development from citizen to netizen. You can see a looming dictatorship or some old guys who harness money and angst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com