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After watching a documentary on Mercer and his connections to Cambridge Analytica on French TV (!) I am rather convinced they actually DID score the presidency for Trump. They showed very plausibly how they operated - picked the few "battle gound" states where they were able to influence enough...

No, socialmedia posts diminish almost at the moment they get posted, it's like immediate oblivion. The Library of Congress stopped their project to preserve all tweets sometime ago due to the sheer amount (I think). Servers get switched off on a regular basis, companies getting bought and stuff...

EDM is the embodiment of "Dematerialisation" It's somewhat interesting that EDM is almost solely "dematerialised" music, right? There is no CDs or vinly coming from that corner. Everything seems to be centred around youtube vids. But then, I could be totally wrong since I am not really...

Another main battle-ground of Dematerialisation is the "war on cash" and the rise of "fintechs" and cyber-money. Again, not that cash-less payments are something new, however they are being implemented on a mass-basis (again only made possible via the smartphone) and "cash-less" societies are...

Also "Alexa" .... very reminiscent. And then you have those silicon valley presentations - looking like evangelists, priests - especially Steve jobs - the Messiah figure of the digital age.

Another interesting point, regarding the omnipresence of the internet - there is the old notion of God as the all-seeing-eye. The Snowden affair had strong resemblence to this idea - it was just that God got exchanged with the NSA spy programmes.

The "Matrix" reference is very fitting, me thinks. Everytime I use public transport, u got 90% of the peeps staring onto - or rather "into" - their smartphones. It's the moment they get sucked into the Matrix. Andthose references to "Soul" upthread are also very important - The West is getting...

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Re Internet-Porn One aspect of Internet porn is the deluge of amateur-porn, isn't it? All those porntube sites seem to be brimming with it. Voyeurs and exhibitionists running amok.

Dematerialisation ...it's definitely a "thing" and it's very uch a 2010s phenomenon - very closely linked to the smartphone "revolution" (the reactionary that I am, I am not a big fan of it). And it has certain effects on the world respectively the aspects I care about, for example music. I...

And there was also Silver Bullet https://www.discogs.com/artist/7169-Silver-Bullet

conspiracy theory regarding Syria: as shared via social media by german right wing politicians from the AfD ("Alternative für Deutschland"): War in Syria: Isis (and Al Quaeda) products of US/Israeli-government/secret service to destabilize the Middle East - possibly topple Anti-Israeli errr i...

Demon Boyz fit in there as well, I think

They were THE music critics darlings in the 80s and 90s weren't they? And didn't they also - kinda - started out in the US-hardcore movement, but were more artsy outsider-types?

There was this mid-90s hype - at least in the German speaking world - regarding "Britcore" - UK Hip Hop, outfits like Gunshot, Blade, Hijack. They had a bit of a cult-following in Germany (and Austria) from let's say 1991-1995, got good reviews in music mags and were repeatedly on tour. Yet...

Syria is the model of a world where the west isn't willing (or capable) anymore to wield it's power. The multi-lateral world so many "anti-imperialists" are cheering for, and this "new world" isn't a pretty sight at all.

Pretty good! :)

Another fav of mine. That track is also featured in a scene in "National Lampoon's European Vacation" And yeah, there was this mixture of mid-late 1980s proto-dance culture consisting of EBM/New Beat, Electro, Funk, Chicago House, Acid House - DJs in Germany or Belgium used to mix these styles...