20k people protesting against the draconian > 1 billion € cuts to the dutch education system, filling the Malieveld in The Hague.
You know that the right-wing government messed up when this is opposed by students, university boards, the heads of the opposition, *and a majority of their own voters*!
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That was my first association too. For context: Sci-Fi/Horror author Charles Stross' hacker conference keynote about how Corporations are just very slow AIs, running on people and paperwork. Well worth a listen.Video: https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9270-dude_you_broke_the_future
Transcript: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-you-broke-the-future.html@futurebird: My takeaway: If not for the ants, corporations might be considered the dominant species on the planet already (and with insecticides and climate change, corporations might yet win).