Power is essentially a capacity for action and organization.From the perspective of the history of human social production,power does not originate from the state,but from the social community which has the ability to carry out social life and realize organization will and organizational technology.In the light of the mechanism of action,power is not determined by the will to implement it,but by the mechanism and capacity to do so.From the Neolithic period onwards,human societies,having escaped from the state of"sub-humanity",began to establish an organized mode of production,relying on stable spatial construction,social cooperation and effective domination to build collective social collaboration and structural power networks.The process of modern state formation is actually the process of nationalization of power and legal monopoly of power.Digital power is based on source code,computational networks where algorithms operate,big data as the basis for algorithmic decision-making,and a completely new form of power based on digitized decision-making competence.This form of power strengthens the network power of power,enhances the operational power of power,and dilutes the coercive power of power,creating a theoretical illusion of"transcending the state".Digital power does not change the state attribute of power,but expands the implementation space of power,creates the technological dependence of the state on the digital society,and will fundamentally reconfig-ure the relationship between state power and civil rights.
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