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Sarcasm aside, yep. There will be three classes: the owned, the owners and the unownable. I aim to be unownable.
by cryo32 6mo ago
Sarcasm aside, yep. There will be three classes: the owned, the owners and the unownable. I aim to be unownable.
- therepanic 6mo agoThere will be two classes: those who are part of the perpetual underclass and those who are not. And 98 percent of the population will be part of it.
- psadauskas 6mo agoThere are _already_ two classes: Those who earn their living from their labor, and those whose income is derived simply by owning things they (often) didn't create themselves and charge for access.
- rokkamokka 6mo agoThe root of most of society's problems right there...
- smokel 6mo ago[flagged]
- palmotea 6mo ago> Those who earn their living from their labor If any of these people don't work or don't work enough, they undeserving immoral moochers and should be miserable and in pain. > and those whose income is derived simply by owning things they (often) didn't create themselves and charge for access. It totally fine if these people never lift a finger in their lives. In fact, they deserve it. NEVER question that. N-E-V-E-R! It's great! Capitalism is great! Capitalism is fair!
- SoftTalker 6mo agoYou talk like this is new, it's the way it's always been.
- yubblegum 6mo ago> There will be two classes That confident "will" in that prognosis may ultimately stimulate a consensus "why?" response in the population to explore alternative outcomes ..
- dmos62 6mo agoHow will you do that?
- cryo32 6mo agoTo be owned, someone needs leverage over you or the ability to coerce you. I spent the last half a century making sure they have no leverage and I am not interested in being coerced. It's called security.
- pllbnk 6mo agoHey guys, Richard Stallman is on HN!
- cryo32 6mo agoHey I clean my toes before they become snackable.
- dmos62 6mo agoIf you don't care to go into detail, that's fine, but your answer is vague. E.g. do you have a hidden, off-grid, underground lair?
- cryo32 6mo agoNo. I don't need to work. I outright own my accomodation. I have no hard technology dependencies.
- khimaros 6mo agoif you are on land, you are (or someone is) still paying rent to the government. rent can be raised and you will be evicted if you don't pay. if you are living mobile, you probably need gas or batteries for warmth or cooling. if your climate is currently comfortable, temperatures can be raised. or maybe you are a nomad hunting and gathering your own food? the wilderness can be pillaged and sold and "secured" until there's nothing left to eat. there is no perfect security.
- giraffe_lady 6mo agoIt will be the same two classes there are now and always have been. Those who need to sell their labor and those they sell it to. Class struggle is the only way out. Find some solidarity, you aren't exempt.
- badc0ffee 6mo agoSounds like my kid's friends talking about betas, alphas and sigmas. I think they aim to be sigmas.
- gk-- 6mo agoi've said something similar, but i shorten it to labour and capital. similar conclusion.
- rexpop 6mo ago[dead]