Dave Shaw

“On January 6, 2021, many Trump supporters observed the storming of the U.S. Capitol with enthusiasm. Trump supporters may explain that existing institutions are so dysfunctional that there is just no alternative to destroying them and building entirely new structures from scratch. But irrespective of whether this view is right or wrong, this is a quintessential revolutionary rather than conservative view.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

“This new information world also provides a new set of tools and tactics that another generation of clercs can use to reach people who want simple language, powerful symbols, clear identities. There is no need, nowadays, to form a street movement in order to appeal to those of an authoritarian predisposition. You can construct one in an office”
― Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

“People click on the news they want to hear; Facebook, YouTube, and Google then show them more of whatever it is that they already favor, whether it is a certain brand of soap or a particular form of politics.”
― Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

“money, and wealth, like water, has to flow and circulate, as the number 8. Stagnating water loses its energy and encourages putrefaction, while flowing water, at the opposite, brings life; so should be money circulating in the economy and wealth in society.”
― Jean-Michel Paul, The Economics of Discontent: From Failing Elites to The Rise of Populism