Status Updates From Democracy May Not Exist But...

“ if digital systems are discriminatory, they are this way by design, perpetuating, inequality, and austerity without public debate or consent. New technologies allow us to be categorized and analyze, depending on who has access to our data. We can no longer reliably tell when we are included or excluded.”

Being excluded from the category of citizen leaves individuals profoundly exposed, despite their inclusion in the universal category of human beings.

“Democracy protects itself and maintains itself precisely by limiting and threatening itself” Derrida