I don’t see how the US government investing in national security tech that seems likely to make the world a worse place is news, and more relevantly, I don’t understand the connection to the anti-woke criticism of the industry.
In this case Google’s bot won’t even answer “who won the 2020 US presidential election” so it’s at least a little centrist lol - I don't think the cultural marxists (supposedly) behind the green curtain would do that on purpose.
But also super likely I’m misunderstanding! I’m saying all this bc this is what I took away from that link, might be looking in the wrong spot:
Key areas of S&T’s AI research include computer vision for applications such as surveillance and screening systems and biometrics, and natural language processing for applications such as law enforcement and immigration services. Key use cases for AS include transportation (automotive, aerospace, maritime, and rail), utilities (water and wastewater, oil and gas, electric power, and telecommunications), and facility operations (security, energy management, environmental control, and safety).
I believe it's a modern update of Cultural Bolshevism, an old Nazi term for Jewish influence on German culture, movies, etc. It was coined or popularised by Anders Breivik in his manifesto.
It’s a general term people on the right-ish use for what they see as the other side of the culture war. It’s originally an anti-Semitic conspiracy thing, but now it’s so widely used that I think it comes down to something closer to “the deep state” or “the leftist elite”. So I was using it in that sense
It’s simply Marx through cultural influence. All this class and oppressor-oppressed theory, reliably useless and counterproductive nonsense (except for causing the people who embrace it to suffer in a bizarre application of reflexivity, if that’s your bag), falls in this category.
Let’s just say, if you look at this and say “I don’t understand any of this, I will have to invest more time and maybe talk to some experts,” then this body of work is servicing its intended purpose: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism_conspiracy_...
Similarly, if you say “got it, how silly of me, this is so obvious,” the construction is also supported.
Can you clarify…? I’m a bit slow. Like, believing that the conspiracy is true? By body of work, do you mean Marx / Frankfurt School, or the anti-cultural Marxism writings?
By “body of work,” I reference the wiki piece. Basically, it’s easy to indoctrinate people into this cult of Marx. The way you do that is to foment hatred toward a theoretical enemy and make your cult feel really superior about themselves. You must have a priesthood. The supposed academic theory behind this represents the inner school of the priesthood. It’s not always clear if they’re “in on the joke” or merely indoctrinated, but it is safe to say anyone doing anything other than theft and usurpation based on Marx is not inside the circle.
Thanks for clarifying! You’re a good writer, I hope you know. As someone who grew up with a sickle-shaped milk bottle I disagree, but I’m sure you’re used to that on the internet.
If you ever scroll back and find this, I have one refutation/followup/confusion: cultural Marxism isn’t a theory proposed by marxists, it’s a term that anti-marxists used. Eg https://www.breitbart.com/tag/cultural-marxism/. So in that context it’s a little justified to have a wiki page on it.
Can't give you a proper definition (if it exists) but I do see a parallel between the idea of a society shaped by economic class struggles (which will eventually end with a defeat of the current dominant class by the currently oppressed class) and the idea of a society divided in identitarian classes (white, black, man, woman, straight, gay, trans, etc.), and an ongoing struggle between oppressors and oppressed classes.
In fact it seems pretty reasonable to infer that identity politics is a descendant- transformed, but still recognisable- of a marxist analysis of society.
Google’s poorly-thought-out half-baked 1-day-old product is another data point in an existing solid trend that is now months in the making. The conclusions people are coming to are not on the basis of one data point but quite a few, that form a distinct trend.
Still, closed/locked-down/restricted/censored systems/products/platforms existing don't prevent open and free systems/products/platforms from existing.
... yet. Isn't the internet yet. Wait until their only interface is through their AI model. Some of my friends call me cynical but I prefer skeptical because I have a lot of proof and experience behind me that somehow, in almost every case without regulation, these "innovations" wind up mostly benefitting the elite 0.1%
