{"id":40679,"date":"2018-11-18T17:59:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T22:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40679"},"modified":"2018-11-18T17:59:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T22:59:53","slug":"can-we-escape-control-of-the-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40679","title":{"rendered":"Can We Escape Control of The Wire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2018\/11\/18\/can-we-escape-control-of-the-wire\/\">Can We Escape Control of The Wire?<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cHe\u2019ll See Everything!\u00a0 He\u2019ll See the Big Board!<\/strong><strong>\u201c<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u2014 Dr. Strangelove<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What is\u00a0<em>The Wire?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why is it so important?<\/p>\n<p>Who controls it?<\/p>\n<p>Answer those three questions and you can answer a number of problems plaguing our world today.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Wire<\/em>\u00a0is simply a metaphor for the transmission of information.\u00a0 <em>The Wire<\/em> takes many forms.\u00a0 And if you aren\u2019t sure whether something is <em>The Wire<\/em> just ask if you have control over it or not.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet?\u00a0\u00a0<em>The Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Electricity?\u00a0\u00a0<em>The Wire<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Roads?\u00a0 <em>The Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Media?\u00a0\u00a0<em>The Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Money?\u00a0\u00a0<em>The Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In short, <em>The Wire\u00a0<\/em>is the main conduit through which we communicate with each other.\u00a0 Money?\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 Yes, really.\u00a0 What are prices if not information about what we are willing to part with our money in exchange for?<\/p>\n<p>Without\u00a0<em>The Wire<\/em> modern society fails.\u00a0 So, government can\u2019t shut it down but neither can it allow unconstrained access to it.<\/p>\n<p>Electricity, commerce, communications, everything, goes over\u00a0<em>The Wire.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t a radical concept but like all important ideas, once it is presented to you you can\u2019t unsee it.<\/p>\n<p>But, identifying\u00a0<em>The Wire<\/em> isn\u2019t the important thing.\u00a0 What\u2019s important is knowing who controls\u00a0<em>The Wire<\/em> and what they are willing to do to maintain that control.<\/p>\n<p>If you look at all of the things listed above you will see massive government intervention into these markets.\u00a0 They need control of them to maintain the illusion they have control over you.<\/p>\n<p>They sell you on the idea that speech, speed, education, commerce, defense, information, etc.\u00a0 all need to have\u00a0<em>sensible limits\u00a0<\/em>placed on them.\u00a0 But do they really or is this just yet another example of some jackass talking his book?<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can We Escape Control of The Wire? \u201cHe\u2019ll See Everything!\u00a0 He\u2019ll See the Big Board!\u201c \u2014 Dr. Strangelove What is\u00a0The Wire?\u00a0\u00a0 Why is it so important? Who controls it? Answer those three questions and you can answer a number of problems plaguing our world today. 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