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Interaktive Webseite: Wie autoritäre Tech-Netzwerke die europäische Souveränität gefährden

In den USA übernehmen private Plattformen und Konzerne immer mehr staatliche Funktionen. Wissenschaftler:innen machen dieses System nun sichtbar: Auf einer interaktiven Webseite zeigen sie den „Authoritarian Stack“ und wie dieser zunehmend auch nach Europa greift.

Siehe auch: https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/

Zusammenfassing (Paywall, leider): https://mondediplo.com/2025/11/02tech

Interaktive Webseite: Wie autoritäre Tech-Netzwerke die europäische Souveränität gefährdenhttps://netzpolitik.org/2025/interaktive-webseite-wie-autoritaere-tech-netzwerke-die-europaeische-souveraenitaet-gefaehrden/Open linkView original on feddit.org
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HaraldvonBlauzahn
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Aus einem zusammenfassendem Kommentar zur englischsprachigen Referenz:

More articles and reports on this summarized in this comment by [email protected]:

https://feddit.org/post/21164189/9815515

Citing them:

Tech billionaires are systematically dismantling American democratic institutions through unprecedented concentration of wealth and power, with Europe potentially facing similar threats12.

Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and other tech leaders are implementing an explicitly anti-democratic vision outlined in "The Sovereign Individual," a 1997 manifesto that predicted nation-states would collapse as wealthy elites gain independence from democratic control3. This ideology sees democracy as incompatible with freedom and envisions a "cognitive elite" rising to power through cryptocurrency and internet technologies2.

The strategy has three key components:

  1. Direct Political Control: Tech billionaires like Musk have gained extraordinary influence through campaign spending and direct government roles. Musk now controls critical government infrastructure through his "Department of Government Efficiency," modifying federal payment systems without oversight4.

  2. Institutional Capture: Wealthy tech leaders are systematically weakening government agencies and civil service protections. Trump's "Schedule F" order could replace tens of thousands of civil servants with political loyalists vetted by conservative groups2.

  3. Alternative Power Centers: Billionaires are establishing autonomous zones and acquiring land in places like New Zealand as "boltholes" for societal collapse. Thiel obtained New Zealand citizenship despite spending only 12 days in the country3.

The model draws from competitive authoritarian regimes where "elections are often fiercely contested battles in which incumbents have to sweat it out" but the system is rigged through government machinery to attack opponents and co-opt critics2.

Europe faces similar pressures as tech companies resist regulation and establish parallel power structures. According to tech policy experts, the U.S. must not undermine European efforts to "regain sovereignty over their information systems and resist domination by Big Tech"5.

Footnotes

  1. NPR - Breaking News, Analysis, Music, Arts & Podcasts ↩

  2. The Path to American Authoritarianism ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  3. Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand ↩ ↩2

  4. Oligarchy in the open: What happens now as the U.S. is forced to confront its plutocracy problem? ↩

  5. Democracy — Publications — Center for Journalism & Liberty ↩

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HaraldvonBlauzahn
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Und das scheint auch der Hintergrund für mehrfache Bestrebungen zu sein, Open Source Projekte durch autoritär gepolte Unternehmen zu übernehmen, konkret NixOS / Anduril und Ruby Central durch einen US E-Commerce Zahlungsdienstleister....

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