"It is the perfect collusion. The standard-bearers of authoritarian, national-populist politics and the top executives of the major tech companies walking hand in hand to free themselves from anything that challenges or opposes them. This is, in essence, the core idea of Italian thinker and essayist Giuliano da Empoli in these dark times, when all the stars seem aligned against liberal democracy and large swaths of the population including the younger generations are leaning toward reactionary ideas."
"Brought to widespread attention by his hyperrealistic and award-winning novel The Wizard of the Kremlin, Da Empoli laid out his critical vision this Wednesday at a breakfast organized by the World In Progress (WIP) forum a PRISA initiative describing a new era in which the digital ecosystem and social media have taken over the stage and impose their rules on parliaments and public debate in general."
Digital ecosystems and social media now dictate rules for parliaments and public debate, creating fertile ground for opportunistic authoritarian leaders to flourish amid breakdowns of norms. This dynamic emerged initially as a side effect of platform business models but has evolved into explicit alliances between vertical, traditional power-wielding political figures and the heads of major technology platforms. The alliance seeks to remove or neutralize institutions, norms, and mechanisms that could challenge concentrated political power. Large portions of the population, including younger generations, are showing increased openness to reactionary ideas in this climate. A PRISA-hosted WIP forum breakfast included Joseph Oughourlian, Margarita Robles, Josep Borrell, and Soraya Saenz de Santamaria as attendees.
Read at english.elpais.com
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