I wanna say something to people who work in tech-related jobs in America: this is still a field where most people hate the rise of fascism and want to stop it. I know the media & amplification of the tycoons makes it seem like that’s the whole industry. But it’s not. And we still have power.
Nicole Parsons
in reply to Anil Dash • • •Let me introduce you to techniques that were used in Nazi factories during WW2:
1. 'Oopsies' where metal shavings accidentally got dropped into the lubrication of manufacturing equipment.
Every hour a metal press is out of commission for repairs means fewer V2 rockets landing in London.
2. Soldiers uniforms & boots so poorly sewed they fell apart upon their first use
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Tech workers have an equally infinite capacity to ...
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Subtle sabotage
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... sabotage a company's Nazi products. Even temporary delays in the DevOp are useful.
Malicious compliance & goldbricking can take many forms.
Poison the LLM's used in Saudi-funded AI with poor data quality practices? Never met a manager who wouldn't leap at a chance to reduce costs by cutting corners on quality.
Or introduce subtle flaws in a cryptocurrency algorithm?
This attack on democracy was funded by #KochNetwork, China, Saudi Arabia, and Russia.
Payback is a b*tch.
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in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •Read the CIA's Simple Sabotage Field Manual: A Timeless Guide to Subverting Any Organization with "Purposeful Stupidity" (1944)
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Justus talks about how sometimes you're just chillin' and you end up in a fascist situation, how to be good at spying against them and escaping from them, how to save some people, good stuff
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