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Building anything for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy, tbh. If you want democracy to be healthy, you probably want to maximize the amount of wealth
by ghushn3 1y ago
Building anything for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy, tbh. If you want democracy to be healthy, you probably want to maximize the amount of wealth of the working class. People who have enough to care for themselves and their families and their communities a little will have enough time and education to meaningfully participate in democracy.
Whether you are building for US autocrats, gulf state autocrats, Russian autocrats, whatever... maybe it's better to not do that? (I know, easier said than done.)
- fakedang 1y agoYour statements are kinda unrelated? Or what do you mean by participating in democracy, in autocracies? Ironically, I see a lot more leaning towards dystopian tendencies in the West, mostly the US, as technology advances to the point of singularity (or near singularity, where most low and midskilled jobs are automated away). Meanwhile these autocratic countries have had strong welfare systems for their citizens and increasingly now their residents, since God knows when, and are well positioned to reap the benefits of an AI boom, given their smaller population sizes.