Robert J. Rei

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Part II — Substack and the Simulacrum of Independence:

The appearance of freedom is the architecture of control

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Robert J. Rei
Nov 11, 2025
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“Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one.”
— A.J. Liebling — The New Yorker — May 14 1960

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