War Intrudes. Big Tech Is There
September 21, 2021
War is complicated. It has never been black and white, except when the cause is undeniably evil. One of the worst days in modern history was September 11, 2001. After the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, the United States under President George W. Bush declared war on terrorism. The US already had tenuous relationships with Middle Eastern countries, but they became worse when US troops were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
It has been twenty years since Osama bin Laden ordered the terrorist attack on the US . President Joe Biden removed American forces in Afghanistan, but that does not mean an end is in sight.
Big Tech Sells War managed by Crescendo, a project run by Little Sis, Action Center on Race and the Economy, and MPower Change. These are left-leaning organizations that fund and empower similarly aligned information sources. Big Tech Sells War explores how the US Department of Homeland Security and big tech companies, like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, have perpetuated the global war on terror for profit. Other byproducts of this partnership, are spreading xenophobia, racism against brown people, implementation of US fascism, and promoting white supremacy. Here is the first passage form their about page:
“Since 2001 the “Global War on Terror” has become a household phrase that has set the political, economic, and ideological agenda for the US and its accomplices. The GWoT has done less to keep people safe from terror as it has to grow the reach of US militarism and imperialism and terrorize people across Southwest Asia to Africa, throughout the Global South, and here in the United States. The terrorizing of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities in the US by police is another expression of this ideological war that shares the same tools and strategies of surveillance and control.”
At first glance, Big Tech Starts War lists some thought-provoking arguments worth further research, but reading between the lines yields thought patterns similar to conspiracy theorists. True, some conspiracy theories might be true, but without the proper evidence they are little more than urban legends and junk.
Big Tech Starts Wars is an insular project run by organizations who manufacture their own data. The numbers and facts Big Tech Starts War lacks citations or links directly back to a parent organization. These parent organizations spurt reactionary facts through a biased lens. The LittleSis database contains relationship data between politicians and big tech names. There are even arrows and maps pointing out how they are connected!
Big Tech Starts war does not reference information other than itself. It is like the Scientologists claiming their “technology” stops wars and cures disease, when the big media outlets never report it. The same goes here. Yes, media outlets have their own agenda, but that is why you research multiple places to get a better understanding of the bigger picture.
Big Tech Starts War has teeny tiny granules of truth, but it’s like trying to separate salt and sugar with the naked eye.
Whitney Grace, September 21, 2021
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