I dig what the author is pointing at After all even our imagination is formated through a 16:9 rectangle during most of our life, and yeah there's a lot we watch after the facts, it's not neutral it has its pros/cons On top of that corruption can take down any given system, and all what the devil needs to triumph, is for "good men" to do nothing That's one big reason yeah, all of that But blaming it entirely on tech, well, that's like (again) blaming guns for what people do with them ... Here's how I see it, since it's a very broad subject (all of the above combined and more at the heart of human societies...): Everybody lies Intent? That's the only question worth an answer in the end That lie (that action, amoral action, "Thou Shall Not Lie "), was it malevolent, or not? Like when your parents told you about christmas santa and all that. The entire family, society, all conspiring against you, telling you lies about a fucken old red guy flying in the sky driven by flying deers dropping toys But that's not malevolent, so it doesn't count And sometimes shit happens So yeah, intent Being benevolent We/people, aren't trained/don't train, to be "just that" to begin with And politicians don't pop out of nowhere A moral code respected/enforced by all, and you don't need a goverment, everybody is his own cop That's what religions tried to achieve in a way I think, and it works to some extent, sometimes, but I digress