269. The Mythology of Cybersyn (ft. Evgeny Morozov)
This Machine Kills
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The Cold War and Geopolitics in Chile
The United States was trying to create an economic crisis so that the Chilean military would intervene early on. The campaign is very comprehensive and we have to understand that against that background cyber scene was like a way to introduce some stability artificially into a system that was also being made unstable through artificial means. Chile even though its economy wasn't that big proved to have found itself in the middle of this cold war and geopolitical battles.
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