Is Cory Doctorow some sort of controlled opposition? I don’t know much about him but he has made a career out of being anti-big tech. This in itself would not alarm me but he says he has given talks in Google offices about this. I cannot imagine someone truly a threat to Google would be allowed to do this.
He plays it safe well enough, all his proposed solutions are within the framework of the advertised workings of liberal laws. Material conditions are worsening so it makes sense that somebody would fill his niche of concerned tech critic.
He used to just be a fiction writer and tech enthusiast before, so the Google Talk might’ve been the execs not noticing the change in his discourse over the last 5 years. But if he were controlled opposition the control is being very lax because he constantly agitates for breaking up tech monopolies.
Is Cory Doctorow some sort of controlled opposition? I don’t know much about him but he has made a career out of being anti-big tech. This in itself would not alarm me but he says he has given talks in Google offices about this. I cannot imagine someone truly a threat to Google would be allowed to do this.
He seems genuine enough from everything I’ve seen.
He plays it safe well enough, all his proposed solutions are within the framework of the advertised workings of liberal laws. Material conditions are worsening so it makes sense that somebody would fill his niche of concerned tech critic.
He used to just be a fiction writer and tech enthusiast before, so the Google Talk might’ve been the execs not noticing the change in his discourse over the last 5 years. But if he were controlled opposition the control is being very lax because he constantly agitates for breaking up tech monopolies.
TBF Google is probably fine with that, so long as the legislators target Bing, Yahoo, and Microsoft first.
He is a liberal, his “anti-tech” solution is… anti-monopoly legislations.
From what I remember Richard Stallman gave talks at Microsoft. But outside his Free Software extremism he is very liberal lol