FaceBook: The post-modern ‘Power patsy!'

My initial headline for this article, was ‘The FaceBook Xmas boycott!’; where, I would personally request the public to stop using this social platform during the festive period. Opting for a more traditional approach i.e. sending invitations of ‘Secret Santa’ parties via post or simply calling those distant relatives, who only reside in your little black book - denying centralized, corrupt and undemocratic entities the valuable social data generated during this time!

Reason for my benignant change of heart is caused NOT because Mark Zuckerberg was dragged in front of the US senate, in order to explain is actions; nor was my rethink directed by, the now change in policy to pursue a more decentralized means of operating. My true motivation is to highlight the importance of social power, social influence and assist those who crave, lust for power, those who have power thrust upon them and those who legitimately acquire power, in the understanding they can be (if not kept in check) corrupted by the very same power!

Crimes Against Humanity

Definition:

Acts deliberately committed as part of an attack aimed at a specific sect of the population.

This can be compartmentalized into eight separate sectors:
1. Murder/Extermination
2. Enslavement
3. Deportation
4. Torture
5. Sexual violence
6. Enforced disappearance/imprisonment
7. Apartheid/segregation
8. Other inhumane acts of violence that are meant to intentionally cause mental or physical suffering or injury to the victims

When you compare these factors with the individual facets / grievances illustrated in the header image, you will hopefully see how not so far off these similarities are. As a matter of fact, the issues, illegalities, atrocities committed by the FaceBook platform are too numerous to mention - as I was unable to illustrate them all and seek not to debate the entire scope here. Nonetheless, you can review source materials here, here, here, here, here and here!

I’m not calling for the CEO of FaceBook to face charges at The Hague, nor am I campaigning for his incarceration. In contrast, my hope for this article is to employ the public scrutiny of FaceBook to shine a light on Corporate, Religious, Civil, Noble and Political 'Patsies of Power'. Clearing depicting where prominent members of social, the establishment and ruling persons have themselves been corrupted and most importantly those who have instilled power in them. Again, the list is too vast to show here, so please review my list here:
* God (?)
* The Devil (?)
* Jesus of Nazareth (0 BC  AD 30 / 33)
* Joan of Arc (6 January 1412 – 30 May 1431)
* Haile Selassie I ( 23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975)
* Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)
* Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006)
* Usama bin Ladin ( March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011)
* Muammar Gaddafi (1942 – 20 October 2011)
* George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946)
* Tony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)
* Barack Hussein Obama II “Barry” (born August 4, 1961)
* David Cameron (born 9 October 1966)
* Boris Johnson (born 19 June 1964;)

I’d like to be as gracious as possible in defining these ‘victims of deception’, whether deemed evil, unjust, Saints or ‘pillars of society’ as all being subject to the same mishap i.e. their campaigns being hijacked for ulterior motives. Once their optimal usefulness was realized and passed, these historical figures were, at best, retired - but in many cases, they paid the ultimate price. In terms of modern day congruence, the insular campaign of the ‘Patsy of Power’ can be identified via political swings to the left/right, a change in administration, change in monarch or military coup! With the true instigator, collaborator complicit in their dastardly deeds never being held accountable.

Mark Zuckerberg as a prime example, it is clear to me that he, amongst other high-profile figures in the IT community, were curtailed into a policy of mass surveillance, a war against the general public and total negation of human rights! Now, with a change of political leadership, both his shady dealings, unethical methods and dire business practices have come to light. This poor victim of deception, was led into believing in the legitimacy of the establishment, instilling him with additional powers, in the guise to corrupt himself and others. This ultimately, served their interests over his; leaving Mark with a failing platform with millions of disgruntled users seeking alternative forums, not plagued with Ads, Malaware, Spyware and an assorted array of technical maladaptive BigData analytical intrusion into their very existence - selling these on to highest bidder!

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Again, you will find that neither Mr. Zuckerberg, the team at FaceBook or any of the Statesmen involved will ever spend an extended period behind bars! Nor will you see a financial settlement made to those involved, as this would surmount to the entire GDP of the world ten times over! The offending policies, will be retracted, but never truly dissolved; these high-tech, enterprise level, intrusive Apps will be reviewed collectively as for their effectiveness and vulnerabilities - only to be employed in the next wave of social engineering, infringement of privacy and ‘political descent’ evidence gathering endeavors.

Now in steps, the decentralized call for excellence! A yearning from the public, the masses at large for all the issues listed above to be, not only dealt with, but measures to be taken so this type of gerrymandering never happens again. Had Mark Zuckerberg secretly introduced a decentralized fallback system, where all communication requests, orders and inter-governmental desires where listed for all to see - he certainly would not be seen as the Tyrant being displayed in the Multi-media. Yes, this would have probably led to his assassination - but history would have exonerated him! But for the modern day Patsy, a more strategical course of action is required, one that cancels out the seemingly unavoidable, malevolence of the aging centralized establishment.

It wouldn’t have taken much resource to collaborate on a side-project, forking an established, well-known blockchain or to piggy-back on another platform lest, investing in strategic assets in global decentralized projects. The FaceBook CEO could have, in retrospect, introduced a decentralized voting system, where global users who have established validity on the network, could vote for the closure of accounts, based on legal, moral and ethical points; opposed to closing accounts of prominent political activists - without notice or explanation, in the run-up to national elections. The entire exercise, though initially transparent in nature, would ultimately serve to mitigate events on the downside! Whether this be a stop-gap for personal constraint or a guard against further oppression.

For the more adventurous of the ‘Power Patsy’, minting of a coin with open, file referencing public access to information which includes detailed information of perpetrators of crime and criminal acts. This filing system would be made accessible in the event of the owners death, Altcoins ceased, relinquished or redirected as a internal form of discouragement to assassination, blackmail and a life-time of incarceration. All of these things and more, are possible in the new decentralized age; all new and uncharted avenues of exploration not previously entertained.

“There are important counter-trends to this – like encryption and cryptocurrency — that take power from centralized systems and put it back into people’s hands. But they come with the risk of being harder to control. I’m interested to go deeper and study the positive and negative aspects of these technologies, and how best to use them in our services.”
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You may agree that Mr. Mark Zuckerberg - CEO - FaceBook, is now at a crossroads; one path leading to relinquishing control partly to government, part to decentralization. Or a separate course were he opts for continual control, an expansion of intrusive technologies, cloaked in secrecy and lies - resulting in his own quietus! Going by his own words/statements, it appears that he will pay the decentralized revolution some lip service; however, I fear that Mark will end-up morphing the term ‘Power Patsy’ and ‘victim of deception’, which applies to the emerging entrepreneur / icon of the next generation - into a colloquium of simply ‘You’ve been Zuckerberg’d!'