https://freerepublic.com/tag/aeye/ en-us Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:25:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4386053/posts n his many articles for Tablet and other outlets, Jacob Siegel, a journalist and war veteran, has focused on how rulers and elites use digital tools to calibrate information and control people. His new book, The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control, traces the evolution—from 9/11 to the advent of AI—of a mammoth alliance between government and Big Tech that subverts our constitutional republic and enslaves Americans. According to Siegel, the foundation of the information state is a “whole-of-society” approach to governance that aligns “the most powerful institutions behind the dictates of the state.” Tech platforms, NGOs,... American Thinker https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4386053/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:25:37 GMT