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I had wondered when people would feel upset enough against the megacorps to attack them, but I didn't think it would happen in the near future
by lovich 9y ago
I had wondered when people would feel upset enough against the megacorps to attack them, but I didn't think it would happen in the near future
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- ocdtrekkie 9y agoBear in mind, this is merely an escalation (mind you, a violent one), of something that's already been going on since 2013. People have been staging protests in front of these buses for a while now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bus_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bus_protests
- ImSkeptical 9y agoI think people have a closing window in time where such things will be an option. There's a line from the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire that goes something like "There is neither art nor skill at arms which will protect one man from one hundred of his fellows." In context, the author was trying to explain why emperors kept getting murdered. That basic idea has held for centuries, but as soon as security robots get good enough... AI, robotics, and guns might be the art that protects the rich elite of the near future from the displeasure of the near future's impoverished and exploited mob.