Subjugation. Almost the entirety of the human population has been under some form of servitude or bondage since the beginning. Only a handful of experiments in

Subjugation. Almost the entirety of the human population has been under some form of servitude or bondage since the beginning. Only a handful of experiments in democracy like the USA managed to exist for more than a few hundred years. And those owed their existence to either slavery or the oppression of women. For every James Watt, there are 10,000 people just as smart who spent the entirety of their lives toiling to make someone else rich. As long as we view progress through the lens of our own merit, nothing will ever change. Which is perhaps my greatest disappointment with how the 21st century has played out vs the original vision of the internet as a great equalizer providing knowledge and resources for everyone in an egalitarian fashion. We all got sold a bill of goods by the wealthy financiers who own everything now, including HN which was quickly coopted sadly.