Lets Talk Future: Far-Right Populism Might Be Swept By Crypto-Anarchists

The rise of politics of right-wing populism has been associated with online communication, as Facebook and Twitter offer the populist actors the freedom to spread their messages without intermediaries. At the same time, right-wing populism is also somehow a reaction, resulting from disappointment and confusion with changes our society is going through, many actually stemming from the broad deployment of digital technology.

“Digital technology has helped the populist right for now, but it will soon swallow them up, along with many other political movements unable or unwilling to see how the world is changing,” writes the Guardian.

The Guardian’s article addresses a juxtaposition of politics and technology. As the author points out, the current political system is outdated and won't work in the world that has changed so much. Politicians both on the right and left struggle to keep up and their digital manifestos fail to grasp the scope of transformation.

“The current set-up, including the populist right, will cling on for a while, like a legacy IT system that’s too pricey to update, but it will shortly become redundant," states the author.

Some are actually prone to believe that the current system is obsolete. A growing movement of crypto-anarchists, which in future might be much more powerful than populism, is emerging. Consisting mostly of geeky libertarians, crypto-anarchists call for a stateless, decentralized world, where bitcoin and sharing economy companies tear down settled hierarchical organizations. The Guardian explores who are they and why they might be right about the demise of central governments.