De tech coup: Hoe tech is gaan regeren en we de macht weer terugwinnen

Technologie en het internet beheersen in grote mate ons leven, maar er is amper democratische controle op de bedrijven die deze wereld vormgeven.
Of het nu gaat om de toeslagenaffaire of de oorlog in Oekraïne, techbedrijven spelen een steeds dominantere rol in onze wereld. Helaas is wat goed is voor de aandeelhouders niet automatisch goed voor de samenleving. Te lang hebben politici ruimte gegeven aan het marktdenken; het is nu dringend tijd dat de democratie weer de overhand krijgt. In ‘De stille coup’ deelt technologiebeleidsexpert Marietje Schaake uit de eerste hand en op basis van haar eigen ervaringen in het Europarlement hoe grote en kleine technologiebedrijven de wereld regeren. De huidige situatie vereist nieuwe oplossingen, vooral omdat doorbraken in kunstmatige intelligentie de machtsconcentratie van een handvol technische elites verder intensiveren. De stille coup is een bij vlagen bloedstollende beschrijving van hoe we de controle over ‘big tech’ verloren – en een noodzakelijke visie op hoe we de macht terug kunnen winnen.
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• bsky .app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3lp5a57464k25 (‘ Scott Horton : ZDF is now broadcasting the documentary I prepared with Johannes Hano and David Frum concerning the Russian influence operation targeting Musk, Thiel and other Silicon Valley South Africans, which was personally overseen and run by Vladimir Putin and was deemed hugely successful by the Russians. May 14, 2025 via ‪Dave Troy ‘)
• bsky .app/profile/edwardluce.bsky.social/post/3mbkaq7uv6c2n (‘ Trump’s new world order is now very much a reality. It has no obvious rules, no real allies, celebrates the jungle and is almost always about money. There is a lot of wealth under Venezuela’s soil. Trump is now committed to extracting it.” My column, Free to read Jan 3, 2026 via Marietje Schaake ‘)
• ft .com/content/43888865-8e3c-44fa-8901-54b8d21103f6 (‘ via @madammem : Here is an updated link ‘)
• bsky .app/profile/andersaslund.bsky.social/post/3mavqtxuwks2g (‘ ‪Anders Åslund : As Trump’s senility & madness get worse & the Epstein scandal more evident & Trump’s public support declining, I have suddenly started hoping that the US may avoid a fascist dictatorship. How could this happen & what would happen? 📜…Trump is likely to cost the US right far more than Herbert Hoover👇 did… 7. Yet, the precondition for these developments is that Trump fails to turn the US into a truly authoritarian state, which remains an open question. Desperate budding authoritarians tend to start wars, which Trump threatens to do. The US is at a tipping point, but which? /8, Dec. 26, 2025 ‘)
• en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover (‘ …Over the objection of many economists, Hoover signed the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law in June 1930.Canada, France, and other nations retaliated by raising tariffs, resulting in a contraction of international trade and a worsening of the economy ‘)
• bsky .app/profile/madgreek2024.bsky.social/post/3m55jx3lbcs24 (‘ Send them all to jail. Nov 8, 2025 ‘)
• bsky .app/profile/marietjeschaake.bsky.social/post/3maonl3slyc24 (‘ ‪Marietje Schaake‬ : When will we look at the power case over the power case? Twitter was a good deal for influence, not profit. DOGE was a cover for data access, not efficiency >> How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? via 📜Dave Troy ‘)
• bsky .app/profile/asharangappa.bsky.social/post/3mamnklsjyc2l (‘ ‪All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house. This is where America is now ‘)