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Joan Westenberg

Joan Westenberg

This Isn’t Progress—It’s a Heist

This Isn’t Progress—It’s a Heist

The billionaires aren’t building the future of AI—they’re buying it, carving it up, and selling the rest of us out.
Joan Westenberg 23 Jan 2025
This Man is a Nazi.

This Man is a Nazi.

If it walks like a Nazi and talks like a Nazi, there is a good chance it's Elon Musk.
Joan Westenberg 22 Jan 2025
Democracy Isn’t Dead—Stop Writing Its Obituary

Democracy Isn’t Dead—Stop Writing Its Obituary

Democracy isn’t dying of natural causes—it’s being suffocated by collective pessimism, resignation, and the viral normalization of defeat.
Joan Westenberg 22 Jan 2025
This is Trump's America. There's Only One Winner Here.

This is Trump's America. There's Only One Winner Here.

This is Trump's America, where the people cheer their own exclusion and call it victory. In the end, there was only ever going to be one winner.
Joan Westenberg 20 Jan 2025
Silicon Valley's Secret Love Affair with the State

Silicon Valley's Secret Love Affair with the State

Behind Silicon Valley's anti-government rhetoric lies a web of billion-dollar contracts, taxpayer-funded breakthroughs, and a partnership with the state too deep to deny
Joan Westenberg 18 Jan 2025
Democracy Dies in a Rebrand

Democracy Dies in a Rebrand

Democracy doesn’t die in darkness—it dies in a rebrand, as watchdogs are neutered into lapdogs
Joan Westenberg 17 Jan 2025
Silicon Valley’s ‘Broken Deal’ is a Myth

Silicon Valley’s ‘Broken Deal’ is a Myth

Marc Andreessen’s “broken deal” narrative rewrites history to frame accountability as betrayal, ignoring that society never agreed to abandon its oversight of technology
Joan Westenberg 16 Jan 2025

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