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The Machine State — Building the Control Grid While the Empire Burns
Aug 25, 2026 ·
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The Machine State — Building the Control Grid While the Empire Burns
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America is buried beneath more than $40 trillion in debt, geopolitical confrontation continues simmering, and institutional credibility keeps deteriorating. Yet the machinery of surveillance and automation is becoming more sophisticated...
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America is buried beneath more than $40 trillion in debt, geopolitical confrontation continues simmering, and institutional credibility keeps deteriorating. Yet the machinery of surveillance and automation is becoming more sophisticated by the day.
Hesher and Ruckus trace the rise of the “Machine State” through border robotics, surveillance drones, AI-assisted emergency services, sensor networks, ballistic databases, Flock license-plate readers and emerging national-security technologies.
Along the way: Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, Musk's enormous Texas Terafab, Trump's White House ballroom, sunlight sold from space, Space Force weirdness, the anti-Flock backlash—and Darth Vader appearing before the San Diego City Council to defend surveillance of the “rebel scum.”
What survives when the institutions decline but the infrastructure remains?
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Hesher and Ruckus trace the rise of the “Machine State” through border robotics, surveillance drones, AI-assisted emergency services, sensor networks, ballistic databases, Flock license-plate readers and emerging national-security technologies.
Along the way: Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, Musk's enormous Texas Terafab, Trump's White House ballroom, sunlight sold from space, Space Force weirdness, the anti-Flock backlash—and Darth Vader appearing before the San Diego City Council to defend surveillance of the “rebel scum.”
What survives when the institutions decline but the infrastructure remains?
Website: https://alternatecurrentradio.com
Support: https://alternatecurrentradio.com/support/
Merch: https://alternate-current-radio.creator-spring.com/
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