I missed this when it was posted before.
My honest first reaction after first watching this is a left wing pearl clutching overreaction of someone that is a true believer in the idol of western democracy.
Here's the YouTube description.
We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “broligarchy” — the powerful tech executives who are using their global digital platforms to amass unprecedented geopolitical power, dismantling democracy and enabling authoritarian control across the world. Her rallying cry: resist data harvesting and mass surveillance, and support others in a groundswell of digital disobedience. “You have more power than you think,” she says. (Recorded at TED2025 on April 8, 2025)
What is most interesting to me is the cluelessness of this woman as to WHY these tech elites actually backed Trump. She makes it sound like it is out of fear of Trump. I find it much more plausible that it is because they felt threatened by the Biden admin.
Now is Trump a strong man type. Yeah. Is he an autocrat? No. Not yet. The truth is the US has created an empire where the US government has incredible power. Focusing on Trump as if he'd lost we'd be all good is missing to point.
A large number of Americans are sick and tired of being lectured about democracy and ruled by people that seem to dispise them and their values. This is why you have Trump.
The whole digital tyranny thing is separate and is gonna be used by the left and the right. The mistake I see with her talk on this is that she seems to think the state will protect her. It won't. It's the enemy. They have created a monster and have lost control of it. This is why people are so afraid. They don't realize it but I think this is the root.
What do you think?