Ļoti labi: https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-wha
"The received wisdom in advanced capitalist societies is that there still exists an organic “civil society sector” in which institutions form autonomously and come together to manifest the interests and will of citizens. The fable has it that the boundaries of this sector are respected by actors from government and the “private sector,” leaving a safe space for NGOs and nonprofits to advocate for things like human rights, free speech, and accountable government.
This sounds like a great idea. But if it was ever true, it has not been for decades. Since at least the 1970s, authentic actors like unions and churches have folded under a sustained assault by free-market statism, transforming “civil society” into a buyer’s market for political factions and corporate interests looking to exert influence at arm’s length. The last forty years has seen a huge proliferation of think tanks and political NGOs whose purpose, beneath all the verbiage, is to execute political agendas by proxy."
[Sasaucās ar Marka Cukerberga interesi tikties ar Klintones kampaņu, "to help him understand how to move the needle on the specific public policy issues [, ...] inform his understanding about effective political operations to advance public policy goals on social oriented objectives (like immigration, education or basic scientific research)."
"By all appearances, Google's bosses genuinely believe in the civilizing power of enlightened multinational corporations, and they see this mission as continuous with the shaping of the world according to the better judgment of the “benevolent superpower.” [..] This is the impenetrable banality of “don’t be evil.” They believe that they are doing good. And that is a problem."
| ← Previous day | (Calendar) | Next day → |