Spot on. The trouble with accelerationists is that they assume they know what will happen. The French revolution was pretty much unleashed with that mindset. U

Spot on. The trouble with accelerationists is that they assume they know what will happen. The French revolution was pretty much unleashed with that mindset. Upper class figures wanted to get rid of the nobility/royalty monopoly on power. They thought they could profit from a new arrangement. Then the terror began. I'm afraid this is what we're in for here. The oligarchs think they can steer this. They want to speed up climate change, treat the world to some shock therapy and come up on top. If they're right, we're screwed. If they're wrong, we're even more screwed.