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by killjoywashere
2541 days ago
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In light of the prior article about ICANN as an unaccountable private company (1), this is a good time to encourage everyone to read Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's The Dictator's Handbook (2). This is a classic setup for dictatorship by a small cabal (the board): a vast, unempowered populace, a clear source of money (increasing domain fees), and a fairly small elite that needs to be compromised, particularly relative to the size of the unempowered populace. If governments and corporations haven't already started buying influence, I'd be shocked. (1) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/21/icann-int... (2) https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Po... |
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