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SetTheorist
107 days ago
One of the meanings of the word "democratization" is "the action of making something accessible to everyone", which is clearly the sense meant here.
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dizhn
107 days ago
It has a more broad meaning of sharing like when a factory is dumping waste in a river, they are democratizing pollution. (i.e they get the benefits but everybody pays the cost.)
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warkdarrior
107 days ago
I believe the phrase is "socialize the risk, privatize the profits". I have never heard used with the word "democratize".
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dizhn
107 days ago
I think I encountered in Chomsky's writings but I might be wrong.
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