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Why the rise of a new cloud-based ruling class is crushing democracy - Yanis Varoufakis

Posted by sinister burt <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Sinister+Burt' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 5, 2022, 7:52 pm

Interesting-ish - 'cloudalists', his coinage for the cloud-based ruling class is a bit of a mouthful though - not sure it'll catch on

"@Yanis Varoufakis explains how techno-feudalism has marked the end of capitalism and the decay of democracy. "

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/new-ruling-class-based-in-the-cloud-by-yanis-varoufakis-2022-02

Is it called Laputa?....nm

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 6, 2022, 11:16 am, in reply to "Why the rise of a new cloud-based ruling class is crushing democracy - Yanis Varoufakis"

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

Cloud cuckoo land nm

Posted by Sinister Burt <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Sinister+Burt' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 6, 2022, 2:12 pm, in reply to "Is it called Laputa?....nm"

Thanks.

Posted by Shyaku <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Shyaku' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 7, 2022, 3:14 am, in reply to "Why the rise of a new cloud-based ruling class is crushing democracy - Yanis Varoufakis"

He is indeed a leading creative thinker despite disappointingly being a recently-revealed Russophobe.

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