> Dan Fabulich wrote: Consider the despotism scenario I drew in my earlier post.
>
> Both you and the despot are under total surveilance. However, he can
> analyze the data to detect 'wrongdoing' instantly. You cannot. You can
> see that he is a despot, and that he is fully capable of squashing you
> like a bug. You may know lots of personal details about this despot. Does
> that help you in any way? It has obviously helped the despot.
The despot is doing the wrongdoing. You and I are not. What
motive has the despot to squash us like a bug? We, on the other
hand, have a huge motive to prevent the rise of the despot. No
need to rage *against* the machine. *Become* the machine. spike
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