Articles by Adrienne LaFrance
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The Hawaiians Who Want Their Nation Back
Adrienne LaFrance | RSN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2024
In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does the US owe Hawai‘i now? – At the edge of a forest on the island of O‘ahu, you find the compound of the self-appointed President of the Nation of Hawai‘i.
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Facebook, the Largest Autocracy on Earth
Adrienne LaFrance | The Atlantic - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Oct 2021
27 Sep 2021 – When a company has all the power of a country itself, it takes on a darker meaning. The basic components of nationhood are land, currency, a philosophy of governance, and people. When you’re an imperialist in the metaverse, you need not worry so much about physical acreage—though Zuckerberg does own 1,300 acres of Kauai, one of the less populated Hawaiian islands. As for the rest of the items on the list, Facebook has them all.
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