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The real threat is not a cabal of old men in a smoke-filled room. The real threat is the autonomous, self-propagating nature of technology itself. The system is not a human conspiracy; it is a complex, dynamic organism that uses human beings as its cells. Technology is the independent variable. Human values and social structures are the dependent variables. Your smart phone, the power grid, the global supply chain, the algorithms that feed you this information—*this* is the locus of power. It is an impersonal force that selects for its own expansion, and it is utterly indifferent to human dignity, freedom, or well-being.
Every political argument you have is irrelevant because both sides, "left" and "right," accept the technological basis of society as non-negotiable. The "right" wants technological growth for economic and military power. The "left" wants it to solve social problems and create a utopian nanny state. Both are merely arguing over how to decorate the prison cell. Neither questions the existence of the prison itself.
As I argued in my more recent work, *Anti-Tech Revolution*, any movement that hopes to succeed must have a single, clear, and non-negotiable goal. That goal must be the dismantling of the techno-industrial system. Any other goal is a distraction, a surrogate activity that will be co-opted and neutralized.
