Proxies and Proleteriats
There are times when internet users crave a some privacy for all sorts of noble reasons. There are several platforms that can
be used to achieve this end. The way it works is you are given an address that reroutes your assigned IP address so that those who wish to pry into your activities on the internet are unable to.
Last week we witnessed something similar to the use of proxy address. Two heavyweights met on in a ring
in one of the new malls in Kampala, Uganda and entertained a blood thirsty mass in some kick-boxing.
What made things interesting in the highly charged cultural atmosphere were the regions which the two fighters represented. Central Uganda and Western Uganda.
There is a similar battle or trend that took place a few thousand years ago. David, young shepherd boy, rose up to face a champion from Gath...a Philistine-a giant. The guy had challenged the whole host of Israel so that the army were it to loose faced slavery. The point is that war between these two great nations had been summarized into a battle between two.
This in my view is the significance of this battle. It was in a sense a proxy war between to communities. This is probably better than getting all of us to dress up like toy soldiers and then arming ourselves to face-off in a real time fight. It is more convenient to let these two men do our fighting for us.
Maybe this is what sports has done for us. We no longer feel the need for war (and rightly so) and so feel better letting the competitions take on a more sporty look.
What i think we must beware of is the rise of the proletariat (as described by Marx) and the tendency towards violence as a means of resolving conflict. We can without wanting to, create a group of people who become convinced that the only method by which they can become visible is by using brute force.
be used to achieve this end. The way it works is you are given an address that reroutes your assigned IP address so that those who wish to pry into your activities on the internet are unable to.
Last week we witnessed something similar to the use of proxy address. Two heavyweights met on in a ring
in one of the new malls in Kampala, Uganda and entertained a blood thirsty mass in some kick-boxing.
What made things interesting in the highly charged cultural atmosphere were the regions which the two fighters represented. Central Uganda and Western Uganda.
There is a similar battle or trend that took place a few thousand years ago. David, young shepherd boy, rose up to face a champion from Gath...a Philistine-a giant. The guy had challenged the whole host of Israel so that the army were it to loose faced slavery. The point is that war between these two great nations had been summarized into a battle between two.
This in my view is the significance of this battle. It was in a sense a proxy war between to communities. This is probably better than getting all of us to dress up like toy soldiers and then arming ourselves to face-off in a real time fight. It is more convenient to let these two men do our fighting for us.
Maybe this is what sports has done for us. We no longer feel the need for war (and rightly so) and so feel better letting the competitions take on a more sporty look.
What i think we must beware of is the rise of the proletariat (as described by Marx) and the tendency towards violence as a means of resolving conflict. We can without wanting to, create a group of people who become convinced that the only method by which they can become visible is by using brute force.
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