<nettime> infonuclear options are coming

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>]

It will be interesting to see the coming spread of assertions of 
national information sovereignty.

The fact that the Internet started from one country, and that 70-75% of 
all Internet traffic (yes, it includes traffic between, say, Lyon and 
Marseille) goes through that country is often overlooked, as useful 
idiots defending "Internet freedoms" don't get that it actually means 
defending the right of that country to handle, snoop, modulate, inject, 
censor 75% of all Internet traffic. Freedom is slavery.

How would assertion of national data sovereignty be viewed, past the 
useful idiots?

For example, if Germany cuts off all foreign routing of human 
interactions within Germany (it means pretty much all 'social' systems 
are out ... my God ... freedoms ...), would that be viewed similar to 
non-sanctioned acquisition of own nuclear weapons? Because suddenly 
foreign countries get zero say in indoctrination, control and 
surveillance of Germans - and we know where can that lead. Imagine even 
worse, the French doing it?

It is starting to happen. China did it about 10 years ago, Russia is 
starting to do it, and vasal countries will be eying this option as 
well. It's cheaper than nuclear weapons, and as effective.

My guess is that some non-infonuclear proliferation treaties will be 
attempted first, and I'm excited waiting for arguments that bs artists 
will be serving for that purpose (unless they just copy Orwell.) I am 
especially expectant for entertaining arguments how this violates freedoms.

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