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Lol, their dream is Europe, basically. Could be a good tagline: Europe, the utopia of Silicon Valley elites
by oulipo 3y ago
Lol, their dream is Europe, basically.
Could be a good tagline: Europe, the utopia of Silicon Valley elites
- steeve 3y agoBut I thought Europe was only producing “vapidity” ? /s EDIT: look it up on Twitter
- WeylandYutani 3y agoNo. Europe without the taxes. There aren't crackhead zombies shuffling through Dutch cities and the roads are immaculately paved. And that takes a ton of taxation. Utopia- or trying to get to it- takes money. And I question American elites willingness to pay for it or they would have voted for Sanders.
- timeon 3y agoInstead of taxes there will be subscription.
- postingawayonhn 3y agoAnd what's wrong with that? If European urban design/structure is working well why not replicate it?
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoAnd yet even if successful it'll be more Disneyland than an actual real living European city. Sleeping Beauty's Castle instead of Schloss Neuschwanstein. North American elites have always wanted the status and style of their former colonial superiors. Just with their own detached libertarian spin on it, without all the annoying social obligations and community and tiresome history and 'authenticity'. Here you won't need a year of compulsory community service or high taxes to get access; just need a degree from Stanford and the ability to make some really compelling PowerPoint presentations. Every time we'd go down to the Googleplex for work, my friend and I would make jokes about the movie Elyssium. But this is taking it to the next level.
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