Corporations vs. Freedom: How the Digital World is Turning People into Clones
Date: 2025-11-06 Author: Henry Casey Categories: BUSINESS
When the internet was just beginning, it was a symbol of openness and independence. Enthusiasts created open source platforms, promoting the idea of the free exchange of knowledge. But over time, these humanistic principles gave way to the greed of tech giants, who turned users into sources of data and profit.
While cryptocurrencies liberated money from the power of central banks, information, on the contrary, became increasingly concentrated in the hands of corporations. People no longer control their own data—their behavior, interests, and preferences become part of algorithms that make companies richer. From algorithmic feeds and intrusive advertising to biometric verification, every new step taken by digital platforms brings us closer to a world where identity loses meaning.
Project World has become a symbol of this dependence: users give up their biometric data and receive a digital "sign of authenticity" in return. But at the same time, they give corporations something more—their time, attention, and content. In exchange, they're promised comfort, but in reality, they're creating a digital caste society where equality is impossible by definition.
Technological visionaries, venture capitalists, and singularity proponents believe they're building the future, but in reality, they're creating a system where humans become mere functions. This path is reminiscent of a blockchain game like CryptoKitties: only now, instead of digital cats, they're cloning humans, turning them into autonomous agents for the digital economy.
However, technological dependence has given birth to a new "proletariat"—those who have realized that their main resource is data. Their revolution could begin with the collapse of the global financial system built on petrodollars and wars. Then, billions of people, deprived of their traditional roles, will be forced to ask themselves: "Who am I?" And this will mark the beginning of a rethinking of the very idea of humanity.
Corporations, like the biblical Antichrist, will offer comfort and security in exchange, and society will have to counter this with open technology and source code. Only the full disclosure of microchip architecture and AI systems will offer a chance to escape digital slavery.
The alternative has already been identified: technological awareness. Its essence lies in the understanding that humans are not equal to their devices or online profiles: technologies are merely tools, not an extension of the self. Only by recognizing this can one cease to be part of the machine.
The simplest act of resistance may be inaction—refusing to serve corporate platforms. When you stop producing content, sharing data, and spending hours online, you deprive the "corporate Antichrist" of fuel. This is precisely the beginning of liberation—not in struggle, but in consciously refusing to participate in a system that turns humans into digital clones.
