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You are, right now, in a we-gotta-do-something mindset. This is natural and understandable. You could revolt against the landlord back in the old days. People
by Aerbil313 3y ago
You are, right now, in a we-gotta-do-something mindset. This is natural and understandable. You could revolt against the landlord back in the old days.
People don't understand how big has the world become. Because they can't. The scale of the current world is unintelligible. Economy, resources, war, geopolitics, politics. The way we live our lives is not under our control, it's not under anyone's control. The average person has no more freedom than an ant in his colony. An emergent collective mind rules the world, comprised of the technology and desires of the mankind. You can't predict the outcome of a certain quantum state, but in the grand scheme of things everything moves deterministically as per the laws of Newton.
Read some Ted Kaczynski.
- barrysteve 3y agoIt is not difficult conceptually to control that. You just scoop out the centralized means of access to resources and the semi-anarchist masses don't have anything to with their power. You can't predict quantum states, but you sure can build walls around valuable resources and imprison unpredictable quantum technologists. All it takes is a conspiracy/agreement among the heads of resources industry and the world is 'owned' again. Not advocating for that outcome, it's just unfortunately true.