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The drift toward authoritarianism rarely announces itself with a bang; it begins long before the public recognizes the danger.
It begins with language: the slow, deliberate reclassification of fellow citizens as lesser, suspect, or dangerous.
Once a government convinces people that some among them are unworthy of rights or empathy, the rest becomes frighteningly easy.
Authoritarian systems rarely begin with mass repression. They begin by redefining who counts as a threat.
In any situation, friction can never be eliminated, one can only increase or decrease the friction between two surfaces, or situations.
Friction does not depend on the area of contact, but in a world without friction it would quickly become a homogenous blob of elemental particles.
However in this post I am not talking about friction in its physical state, but friction between humans in the coming world of technology algorithms.
When earth is viewed from space there are no countries, we have carved them out of ideologies and blood.
The understanding of the human condition has been a mystery for millions of years. However if we started promoting understanding of environmental sustainability, empathy, and conflict resolution through education, we can cultivate a culture of peace from a young age and change direction to a caring world.
This has been true up now.
To day we have decisions been taken and made by machines, with no human understanding. So it’s essential that we have transparency if society is to be ruled by technology.
Humans Should Be in Control:
Algorithms should be tools that assist humans, not replace them entirely.
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Futurists have long debated the arrival of the singularity, when human and artificial intelligence will merge.
Some form of merger is inevitable and it is taking place right now.
Of course, this “Brave New World” of a hybrid AI-human existence brings with it a plethora of issues both political and personal.
What will humans do for jobs? Could we possibly live forever? Would that change the very idea of what it means to be human?
As long as we have countries it is inevitable that we will have friction. This is why the world needs a strong United Nations.
Authoritarian systems rarely begin with mass repression. They begin by redefining who counts as a threat. And that is precisely what we are witnessing now.
When administrations label their critics as victims of “evil,” “radicalized,” or part of a “terrorist network,” it is not engaging in politics.
It is engaging in dehumanization.
History shows that once a government normalizes this language, the slide accelerates.
The state becomes both narrator and arbiter of reality. Citizens become suspects. Violence becomes self‑defense. Democracy becomes optional.
The danger we face is not only the violence we see in the world.
It is the narrative that follows: That is the moment when democracies falter. It is the moment when the government stops speaking about its citizens as citizens.
Or we can recognize what history makes plain: once a government convinces the public that some people are enemies, it rarely stops there.
It’s time that the super wealthy were exposed. Thankfully Mr Donald Trump is doing just that.
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