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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Quotes
Document Information
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Manuscript page / book draft (evidence in house oversight investigation)
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Summary
This document appears to be a page (p. 172) from a manuscript or book draft discussing geopolitical theory, specifically the concept of 'Gatekeeping' in the age of networks. It contrasts physical borders with topological controls over data and population flows, referencing historical figures like Lloyd George and Arnold Toynbee to draw parallels between colonial land acquisition and modern network power. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018404' stamp, indicating it was produced as evidence in a US House Oversight investigation.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Arnold Toynbee | Historian |
Recalled a moment with Lloyd George at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
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| Lloyd George | British Prime Minister |
Quoted thinking aloud about dividing territories like Mesopotamia and Palestine.
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| Margaret MacMillan | Author |
Cited in footnote 246 for her book 'Paris 1919'.
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| Schmitt | Political Theorist (likely Carl Schmitt) |
Referenced regarding the idea that 'human history is the story of enclosures'.
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Organizations (2)
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| Random House |
Publisher of the book cited in footnote 246.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document production (implied by Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT).
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Timeline (1 events)
Locations (6)
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Location of the 1919 Peace Conference.
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Mentioned by Lloyd George as a territory they 'must have' for oil and irrigation.
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Mentioned by Lloyd George as 'The Holy Land' they must have.
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Mentioned by Lloyd George as territory to let the French have.
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Publishing location mentioned in footnote.
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Compared historically to modern data flows.
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Relationships (1)
Toynbee recalled a passing moment where he observed Lloyd George thinking aloud.
Key Quotes (5)
"Gatekeeping, as we’ve seen, isn’t simply the act of marking geographic lines."Source
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"Gates will, for instance, serve as bespoke disease buffers, created to track and then freeze the worrisome pandemics now crawling at us on the connections of our age."Source
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"‘Mesopotamia...yes...oil...irrigation...we must have Mesopotamia; Palestine...yes... the Holy Land... Zionism... we must have Palestine...; Syria... h’m... what is there in Syria? Let the French have that.”"Source
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Quote #3
"Schmitt was right, human history is the story of enclosures"Source
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Quote #4
"The line between in and out is as essential as what goes on inside."Source
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Quote #5
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