From: James A. Donald <jamesd@echeque.com> On 2014-01-24 09:30, Meredith L. Patterson wrote:
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 09:16:58AM +1000, James A. Donald wrote:
On 2014-01-24 02:56, Meredith L. Patterson wrote:
Anil Dash fancies himself an authority, and fancies his position to be one from which enforcing his prejudices constitutes acceptable behaviour. The only authority he actually holds is money
You are factually wrong: The authority Anil holds is government money and government permissions. He is on the revolving door between regulators and regulated.
Are you referring to the fact that whatever currency he holds is fiat currency, or to his role as (e.g.) director of Expert Labs, or something else? (I know little about the man's history, just glanced at his LinkedIn.) Expert labs is a "Government 2.0 initiative that aims to connect United States government projects with citizens who want to become more involved in the political discussion".
In other words, he is a political commissar. Expert labs is an NGO. NGO is code for GO, for when NGOs advertise jobs, they generally advertise those jobs as government employment.
Hmmm, I thought that _I_ invented the concept of "Government 2.0" when I wrote my "Assassination Politics" essay in 1995-96. Or perhaps I should have called it, "Government Omega.Omega". Jim Bell