On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 09:48:10AM -0700, Razer wrote:
A disruptor-in-chief in a society where disruptors prosper.
Republican lobbyist Bruce Mehlman, who has long represented technology companies, sees parallels between the cycle of disruption that’s churned through Silicon Valley and what’s now wreaking havoc on Washington.
“The forces that set the stage for Donald Trump’s election are long-term, structural and global,” Mehlman told me yesterday. “Much like Uber, Trump perceived the opportunity to reach directly to the public to disrupt a dysfunctional marketplace that lacked innovation and failed to satisfy consumers.
That's a useful way to view "democratic" governments: a marketplace of arbitrary power wielders, dysfunctionally targetting their consumers (voters). What's the ultimate consumer authority? The power of their wallet - do not put money to evil, or you can be argued to not only be tacitly consenting, but actively consenting. Witholding income tax as civil disobedience anyone? (Oh, but scary lawyers and courts and my shiny stuff!)