What ails us.
Dr. Robert Malone describes the forces of totalitarianism that envelop all of us unwittingly. Some call it “crony capitalism”, others “corporatism”, but Malone says “inverted totalitarianism”.
The wisdom of Malone.
The essay below is an except from Robert Malone’s latest Substack. He writes very well - succinct while making his points clearly.
In Robert’s view, corporate interests are taking over our governments to create an international climate of Inverted Totalitarianism.
In my view, such a takeover would never be possible if politicians and unelected public officials were not susceptible to bribery or intimidation.
The very human qualities of greed and fear are at play here. These are not traits found in AI’s Large Language Models (LLM) unless programmed into them by sinister actors.
While many citizens fear AI, I see hope for the possibilities it could bring to separate “corporate, self-serving interests” from your interests as a citizen.
YOUR CONSTITUTION!
The Statement of Principles describes the “rights of persons and the responsibilities of governments to defend those rights”. I refer to this documents as the Citizens’ Constitution. It was written by citizens, for citizens without any input from politicians or public officials. In other words, it is your constitution as much as it is mine, and it assigns no special rights or privileges to public sector employees or politicians.
Trump Versus Inverted Totalitarianism
Round II: Saving the Republic
OCT 1
Inverted totalitarianism in the United States evolved from the subtle but seismic shift in which corporate and economic powers learned to exert significant control over governance and societal functions through the corruption of both the political arms of government and the administrative state while maintaining the facade of democratic processes.
Inverted totalitarianism operates through the integration of economic with political power to control the levers of government. This system doesn't require a dictator or a single-party state. It thrives on the undo influence of corporations, financial institutions, the censorship-industrial complex, and the military-industrial complex while maintaining the facade of a democratic process.
Corporations and wealthy elites influence policy through lobbying, campaign finance, and the revolving doors between business and government. This all works to ensure policies that favor corporate economic interests over public interest.
The apathetic public is placated into compliance through consumerism, media control, censorship, propaganda, and a political system that offers limited choice within a very controlled spectrum of political thought (“Overton window”).
Although elections continue, they are constrained to the range of acceptable candidates and solutions, which are limited to those that corporate-controlled MSM supports and pre-selects through processes that are only partially transparent.
The Overton window, which describes the range of allowed public discourse, is actively controlled. The result is that the final candidates in significant elections do not threaten corporatist control of government, and legislative actions are massaged to produce bills favorable to the economic interests that control the State.
This leads to people feeling perpetually powerless, resulting in widespread political disengagement or a sense of political despair. The system allows a culture of limited individualism (within allowed boundaries) and promotes consumerism over collective political action through democratic processes…
The entire article is worth reading and saving to share with others. Robert’s Substack is available by free subscription.
A better world under AI control?
What if a non-human gate to public spending and the passing of new legislation existed to stop Inverted Totalitarianism in its tracks.
What if that gate applied a decision analysis mechanism based on something like the SWOT+ framework. Every spending or policy decisions would the submitted to scrutiny according to the Statement of Priniples.
S- STRENGTHS
W - WEAKNESSES
O - OPPORTUNITIES
T - THREATS
+ WHO BENEFITS & WHO PAYS?
This analysis must be performed entirely removed from the influence of potential beneficiaries to ensure complete neutrality. The results of every SWOT+ analysis must be available to every tax-paying Canadian under conditions of full transparency and accountability to all taxpayers.
Productivity comes to Democracy? Who da thought?
As long as human greed and fear exists, an AI-SWOT+ “statement of principles” JUDGE may be the only way to safe democracy.
AI-SWOT+ will defend liberty-minded people from sinister forces that are building legislative jail cells around us.
An AI-SWOT+ capability in the right hands will enable public affairs to be managed fairly and respectfully, and to do so in a timely, efficient manner.