[blind-democracy] FW: Under Cover of Mass Death, Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia

  • From: <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 13:58:55 -0400

I’d recommend Naomi Klein’s article.

 

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Subject: Under Cover of Mass Death, Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a 
High-Tech Dystopia

 

Big tech’s emerging pandemic shock doctrine demands heavy public subsidies for 
a no-touch, socially distanced coronavirus future. 


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