269. The Mythology of Cybersyn (ft. Evgeny Morozov)
This Machine Kills
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The Role of ITT in the Rise of the American Empire
Backtell was the military industrial complex it was really a company that was an enabling factor to the expansion and maintenance of the American Empire for much of the 20th century so in a sense we barely understand this connections to be honest. John Macomb's wife owned stocks in the Chilean in the American mining companies copper companies that I ended was nationalizing so Macomb had other interest to oppose I ended because you know ultimately he would develop this this shares might lose their value but there are all these corporate connections including Citibank and Jupy Morgan in the 1920s. Stafford beer had a somewhat bad idea having served in the British intelligence himself before but also had not the best grasp of how power
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