The Information State

Source: @arctotherium42 on X —

Thread with excerpts from “The Information State” by Jacob Siegel (2026). Thesis: The Information State is a new form of political regime that “governs by controlling the codes and protocols of the digital public arena, which it uses to engineer the public’s compliance.”

The concept of a “whole of society approach,” the totalitarian ideal of getting every public and private institution (companies, NGOs, academia, media, schools) coordinating a political push, was pioneered by the Obama admin in Afghanistan.

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