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Another possibility is that the hype continues, growing and growing and sucking up more and more resources, and the piper has to wait yet another day to be paid
by jl6 5mo ago
Another possibility is that the hype continues, growing and growing and sucking up more and more resources, and the piper has to wait yet another day to be paid, until someone figures out how to pivot to the next big thing and all the debt (financial, social, environmental) gets carried forward and we keep going.
In other words, BAU for the last few thousand years.
- 1dom 5mo agoPaypal Mafia -> Crypto Mafia -> AI/LLM Mafia -> I'm calling Biotech/BCI Mafia, WW3 Military Industrial Mafia, or Energy Mafia next.
- notpachet 5mo agoWater Mafia
- Vosporos 5mo agoLet's remember that these people have names and addresses.
- ARandomerDude 5mo agoFor what purpose? Murder? Arson? It's amazing how often people say things like "no one is above the law" whenever it's convenient, then totally flip the script when it's not.
- y0eswddl 5mo agowhy is it that you give a pass to the violence and death in the dozens, hundreds, thousands and millions at the hands of billionaires who regularly kill for profit... yet balk at someone deciding to fight back in kind and on an exponentially smaller scale, comparatively speaking?
- johnnyanmac 5mo agoBecause the propaganda trained us well. A single loss is a tragedy, a loss of thousands is a statistic.
- tardedmeme 5mo agoIt's just good to remember they're not some kind of magical deities, but regular people like you and me.
- daemin 5mo agoIIRC they're already in the Military Industrial Complex with companies like Palantir, Anduril, and others.
- 1dom 5mo agoGood point. I guess I feel they're still getting into position there, and haven't really had their opportunity to blossom yet. The average western citizen's experience of war is still just slightly increased food and fuel prices.