It turns out that according to Michael Shellenberger on X, Larry Ellison is behind the push of digital IDs and age-gating measures.
https://x.com/shellenberger/status/1971960403082236027
An article in the left-wing UK magazine the New Statesman details how Ellison bankrolled Starmer's Digital ID push.
https://x.com/shellenberger/status/1971938844909228287
This is not a partisan issue. Freedom lovers on the Left and Right should both aggressivley oppose digital totalitarianism.
Ellison: We need to unify all of the national data. Put it into a database where it's easily consumable by the AI model, and then ask whatever question you like.
Blair: So you're really through the use of this, you're revolutionizing the way government works, right? The services it provides, the way that it operates.
Why bother having democracy at all? Why not just let Ellison and his neoreactionary buddies, including those who may be subverting international institutions like the United Nations and the World Economic Forum run things? What could possibly go wrong?
Look, from what I saw about his Wikipedia article, Michael Shellenberger is likely an "intellectual dark web" figure. But the fact that he's now calling out Larry Ellison for the reckless push of digital IDs through Trojan Horses like age-gating measures is astounding indeed.
Everything becomes more sus as Larry Ellison's new wife was widely speculated by some Chinese dissident circles to be connected with the CCP? Whether he's on the payroll of CCP or rather just a neoreactionary simpleton who's a control freak, one thing remains clear that he's on track to become a stereotypical comic books villain where his powers will no longer be held accountable.
