in some ways it seems that way, but in many ways, governments are weakening:The government is increasing its reach. You know we agree on things, but we also both know things are going to get much worse before they get better or ... we have to leave.
the internet, starting in 2014, destroyed newsmedia, TV and papers -- no one under the age of 50 watches the propaganda anymore -- Twitter immediately sniffs out the truth, and the corporate media has no choice but to show a beautiful Ukrainian girl being stabbed to death by an animal in Charlotte NC. Stories like that would have been buried before the wider internet conversation existed.
peer to peer, encrypted communication is here: 1% of Uganda's population downloaded Bitchat,( a peer to peer mesh network for smartphones, ) prior to the election week internet blackout
whitenoise is another, even more robust encrypted comm protocol -- like Signal but with no centralized servers
and you all know my favorite subject, permissionless, borderless, unconfiscatable money
the beast is crumbling and its an amazing time to be alive
sorry if this was too off topic but it feels like freedom is winning and the lizard people are running scared -- even Davos had a different tone