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electricbluesfan.bsky.social
6/11 Even after losing his deputy role, Tremblay remains both administrator AND CEO of AHS

—a concentration of power that public administration expert Lindquist calls "problematic" given Tremblay is mentioned in the lawsuit.
#ABPoli #Governance #PowerConcentration #ABleg #ABhealth
February 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
robertcfried.bsky.social
Is Neoliberalism Really About Free Markets—or About Power and Control❓️
#Neoliberalism #FreeMarkets #PowerConcentration #ChilePinochet #ReaganThatcher #CarterDeregulation #WelfareQueen #EmbeddedCapitalism
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April 28, 2026 at 8:32 PM
santigarcia.bsky.social
New systematic review reveals up to 13 categories of systemic #risks from #AI: #Control #Democracy #Discrimination #Economy #Environment #FundamentalRights #Governance #HarmsToNonHumans #Information #IrreversibleChange #PowerConcentration #Security #Warfare
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A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI
Through a systematic review of academic literature, we propose a taxonomy of systemic risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI), in particular general-
papers.ssrn.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:13 AM
kindauthors.bsky.social
#SeanWilentz @capitalandmain.bsky.social #PowerConcentration #ReactionaryMovement

capitalandmain.com/weve-never-s...
‘We’ve Never Seen This in American History Before’
Historian Sean Wilentz warns Trump’s second term could mark an unprecedented concentration of power in the hands of a reactionary movement.
capitalandmain.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
8/14 DOMAIN 3: Centralization of PowerAI is creating "asymmetric corporate power where a handful of tech companies can exert more influence than entire nations.

"Ordinary people have "no clear mechanism to influence" how AI is built.
#PowerConcentration #CorporateControl
August 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
nek.blue-ocean.social
Cory Doctorow had a blog about it. At least I think it was the same phenomenon. He calls the sustained attack 'disruption' a tactical contrivance of chaos to demolish the Demos & public sphere for plunder & powerconcentration. And provides links to counterdisruptions.
pluralistic.net/2025/03/08/t...
Pluralistic: Gandersauce (08 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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April 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
santigarcia.bsky.social
New study shows that #OpenSourceAI can offer transparency, reusability and extensibility. Yet, the rhetoric of #openness is frequently wielded by #BigTech in ways that, far from reducing, instead exacerbate #PowerConcentration in the #AI sector. #FutureOfWork

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature
A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...
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December 3, 2024 at 12:44 PM
rootnationen.bsky.social
Technofeudalism – A New Form of World Order #Technofeudalism #GlobalOrder #PowerConcentration #Monopoly #Capitalism
Technofeudalism – A New Form of World Order
Today, let’s discuss techno-feudalism as a new global order—because it feels appropriate to say, “Capitalism is dead; long live techno-feudalism.” This idea suggests that capitalism is not disappearing but rather shifting into a new phase—one…
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March 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
11/18 Human takeover risks:
🔹 Loyal automated militaries eliminate need for human coalitions
🔹 AI-enabled coups via military control systems
🔹 Economic concentration as labour share shrinks
🔹 First-mover advantages in space and resources
#PowerConcentration
August 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
robertcfried.bsky.social
Is Neoliberalism Really About Free Markets—or About Power and Control❓️
#Neoliberalism #FreeMarkets #PowerConcentration #ChilePinochet #ReaganThatcher #CarterDeregulation #WelfareQueen #EmbeddedCapitalism
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April 28, 2026 at 8:58 PM
robertcfried.bsky.social
Is Neoliberalism Really About Free Markets—or About Power and Control❓️
#Neoliberalism #FreeMarkets #PowerConcentration #ChilePinochet #ReaganThatcher #CarterDeregulation #WelfareQueen #EmbeddedCapitalism
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April 28, 2026 at 8:58 PM
robertcfried.bsky.social
Is Neoliberalism Really About Free Markets—or About Power and Control❓️
#Neoliberalism #FreeMarkets #PowerConcentration #ChilePinochet #ReaganThatcher #CarterDeregulation #WelfareQueen #EmbeddedCapitalism
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Neoliberalism and The New Fascism
Click here to download this article as a pdf Tim Goodacre, Canberra, Jan-Feb 2026 Once Upon a Time The world that we all grew up in is gone. It won’t be back. The shadow of fascism once against rea…
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April 28, 2026 at 8:57 PM