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> Soon the elite will have amassed enough power through technology that they could put down any revolution. As long as the elite still need other lower-class h
by sangnoir 4y ago
> Soon the elite will have amassed enough power through technology that they could put down any revolution.
As long as the elite still need other lower-class humans, e.g. chauffeurs, nannies and cooks, or security, the revolution can still get to them.
If the chaos so many rich preppers are gearing for comes to pass - their wealth won't protect them. As this[0] article points out: in an apocalypse, there will be nothing stopping their armed ex-special-forces security guards from taking over their New Zealand compounds and throwing them out - or worse. Their status as elites is preserved by the very institutions they are undermining.
0. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prep...
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> long as the elite still need other lower-class humans, e.g. chauffeurs, nannies and cooks, or security Isn’t this the point of the fears of AI and automation? A truly sovereign individual, singular, against all others.
- htag 4y agoIf AI and Automation make it so things like nutrition, traveling, security, and shelter don't require humans than wouldn't that mean it's easier to provide these basics to everyone?
- JumpCrisscross 4y agoPower tends to concentrate. As democracy had to force itself into existence, so will horizontal AI. The natural condition is automated dictatorship.
- heavyset_go 4y agoThe people who own the automation are not interested in sharing. If the choice was between providing basics for others or letting them die in the streets, they'll choose the latter. It's a choice that plays out everyday.