transparency does seem at the root of most issues mentioned in the original post.
this should probably also be put in perspective with the US military emitting more than 100 countries combined.
this might be a bit murkier - i did for one predict the evident vibe coding for NixMate.
while i empathize with the sentiment, this sense of the term seems a harmful liberal co-optation made to frame any technological advancement as inevitable, diverging from its historical roots describing not dogmatic abstinence from technology but sabotage.