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I think it's leading towards a hyper-authoritarian end game, not hyper-capitalist. The state has the ultimate power at the end of the day, no matter how large t
by slopinthebag 1mo ago
I think it's leading towards a hyper-authoritarian end game, not hyper-capitalist. The state has the ultimate power at the end of the day, no matter how large the labs become.
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- Bullfight2Cond 1mo agoHyper-capitalist AND hyper-authoritarian. As you rightly point out the state has the ultimate power. Looking at the US govt, they've stepped in to coordinate much of the tech industry before, so they'll just do it again for "national security" or whichever hostile scheme is popular with the current administration.
- dgellow 1mo agoI would argue the hyper capitalist endgame is necessarily authoritarian. A small group of corporations having direct or indirect control over the government