Liberty to Tyranny: The Role of Power and Knowledge in Global Resistance

Watching the Facade of Western Values and International Law Unravel in Realtime.

“If a white man wants to lynch me, that's his problem. If he's got the power to lynch me, that's my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it's a question of power.” - Kwame Ture.

Talofa reader,

The world is in a big mess right now, and it's hard to just potter on, talking about AI and technology. The reality of democracy and Western civilisation is being shown for the lies and hypocrisy it truly is, and it seems to be getting worse by the day.

The recent student protests that kicked off at Columbia University quickly spread around the world. They are in support of a free Palestine and aim to stop the genocide in Gaza this week.

These events have filled my timeline and my conscience, so I felt compelled to write it out.

I know I addressed the situation in Gaza in a few newsletters ago in:

Give Us the AI Overlords Already - Part 1

Give Us the AI Overlords Already - Part 2

The image of the West as the "shining light on the hill" started unraveling in a very public way since October the 7th.

This situation just reminds me this is not the first time Western civilisation has been shown to be the imperialist hegemony it really is.

As we saw with Iraq, Afghanistan, and countless wars, WikiLeaks and wiki pages later revealed U.S. and European war crimes and atrocities.

Usually, this stuff gets hushed up.

The media are able to facilitate the laundering of Western-backed genocides while Western governments are being trigger-happy on putting sanctions on countries.

They influence other countries to do the same (or else), or they just straight up “regime change” these sovereign nations, to better pillage that country's resources.

I don't know why, but it feels different this time - and not in a good way¹…