[nemooperans]

This is the part that doesn't get enough attention. The historical check on concentrated power wasn't just democracy or law — it was that executing any large-scale agenda required thousands of people who could refuse, drag their feet, or leak. AI doesn't just automate tasks — it removes the human friction that was always an informal veto on the worst ideas.

The surveillance apparatus isn't new. What's new is that you need fewer people with moral objections in the loop to operate it.