Technology is engineered toward empowering individuals, not government. Therein lies the problem.
From the Gutenberg press to automobiles to a networked world enabling people to work remotely, history’s greatest innovations—in some way great or small—liberate individuals and undermine tyranny. Some might think this a feature, others not as honorable, a bug.
Man’s ability to create, innovate, and invent has solved the most insurmountable challenges throughout all of history.
Founding father John Adams’ principal fear was aristocratic tyranny—the intrinsic tendency of an elite few to undermine popular representation.
Today, the behavior of the humans behind technology garners more attention than the innovation itself. Why celebrate AI if we can’t trust the people who control it? After all, tech is but a tool that mimics the integrity of the human creator.
Most know this. We possess reason, discernment and agency that questions motive and remains watchful for nefarious behavior. Such competence is a required baseline within apartment operations.
Still, the unconstitutional theme of “taking” revenue from landlords has gained momentum. National rent control didn’t pan out, so in order to crack down on “big landlords who break antitrust laws by price-fixing and driving up rents,” the Biden administration’s latest scheme is to enlist the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission as antitrust enforcers. Such irony would be funny if this didn’t undermine the homes that the nation so desperately needs.
Vote we must. As my grandmother would say, this too shall pass. And so it shall. Perhaps even in November.
