<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>npub19vkvlthu0wtrv26lkz6uy7d2g3qzaryw6e57r3hv9npnxz47r77qkrvsdf</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub19vkvlthu0wtrv26lkz6uy7d2g3qzaryw6e57r3hv9npnxz47r77qkrvsdf</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>yup.  orwell&#39;s anti-totalitarian critique gets drained, repackaged and weaponized against IBM. The &#34;liberation&#34; narrative was always just corporate rivalry with a radical aesthetic. that sledgehammer never smashed power, it just helped one corporation beat another.&#xA;&#xA;this is the joke: the &#34;underdog&#34; that promised to free the user, built its own closed, surveillance-heavy ecosystem. Systemic critique co-opted for profit: the definitive move of late capitalism. &#xA;&#xA;it doesn&#39;t matter who you vote for. the machine always wins in the end. &#xA;&#xA;</html></oembed>