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The world will end in a technologically enabled autocracy, with private robot armies controlled by the elites that enslave humanity and cull the population. De
by 29athrowaway 3y ago
The world will end in a technologically enabled autocracy, with private robot armies controlled by the elites that enslave humanity and cull the population.
Democracy will be obsolete soon once mass media and social media can manipulate people at will, via AI agents of misinformation.
Technology augments individuals and given sufficient augmentation, the power of one individual will be larger than the power of millions. This is already the case economically and politically, and that will soon be the case militarily.
- wsintra2022 3y agoI think that may be a key point. People (a large percentage of people) can be manipulated at the flick of a switch due to advancements in technology and science. Therefore democracy as an ideal must of died sometime around 2014
- pastacacioepepe 3y agoWhen was the last time "the people" were actually in charge? I think "democracy" died in ancient Greece, along with its actual meaning. The only modern interpretation that is consistent with the original meaning is a dictatorship of the proletariat.
- throwaway11460 3y agoAny "dictatorship of the proletariat" ended up as oligarchy very quickly.
- 29athrowaway 3y agoLike the mess after the French revolution?
- ulchar 3y agothat's some mind you have seeing into the future like that
- fauntle 3y agoFinally, someone who sees the writing on the wall and isn't afraid to positive thinking themselves out of it.