@Wyatt_H_Knott The short answer is because #Neoliberalism slash #Neofeudalism are the dominant ideologies of our time. The vast majority of people in our society have bought into the value system that underpins neoliberalism and neofeudalism, so even when they see the hypertrophied inevitable outcome of this value system, they can't muster the will to change it, because change would invalidate their own lives, as well.
🚀😜 "In a groundbreaking revelation, discover that your tech job is but a golden ticket to the Bezos-led neofeudal #future 🍽️🤖. Spoiler: No amount of techie talent can save you when #GPT charges $1B/month—so, dream on! 🤑"
https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/01/17/three-minutes.html #techjobs #neofeudalism #innovation #Bezos #HackerNews #ngated
you have three minutes to escape the perpetual underclass

I had a dream last night I went to work at Amazon. Joining the Bezos neofeudal empire. This post is directed at anyone with talent who works at a tech company ushering in this future.

the singularity is nearer

Capitalism is the same as Neo-feudalism. Billionaires have absolute control over nations like the United States. Billionaires are just as powerful as monarchs.

#neofeudalism
#capitalism
#monarchy
#feudalism

Welcome to the so-called "Dark Enlightenment", aka, neo-feudalism.

An important talk by Sarah Churchwell

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/sarah-churchwell-america-democracy/105871364

#neoFeudalism #DarkEnlightenment #USPol #Europol #fascism #racism #Press .

Welcome to the so-called "Dark Enlightenment", aka, neo-feudalism.

An important talk by Sarah Churchwell

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/sarah-churchwell-america-democracy/105871364

#neoFeudalism #DarkEnlightenment #USPol #Europol #fascism #racism #Press .

Sarah Churchwell asks — Will American democracy survive the Dark Enlightenment? - ABC listen

Historian Sarah Churchwell takes you on a gripping and confronting journey into America's recent past to explain its extraordinary present, starting with dark story at the heart of that American classic Gone with the Wind. Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, and its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, and a free and independent media. So what happens when these institutions are intimidated, dismantled or destroyed, as is happening in America, under the government of President Donald Trump? This event was recorded at the University of Technology Sydney's Vice Chancellor's Democracy Forum on 14 May 2025. Original broadcast on June 17, 2025. Speakers Sarah Churchwell Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the University of London Author, The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, and The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells Director, Being Human festival and Living Literature event series Judge, Man Booker Prize Anna Funder (host) Author, Wifedom, Stasiland and All That I Am Luminary and Ambassador, University of Technology Sydney Roy Green (host) Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor at University of Technology Sydney Former Dean of the UTS Business School Chair of the UTS Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub Further information From Gatsby to Huck Finn — American literature in an age of polarisation  - Sarah Churchwell on Big Ideas, ABC Radio National 4 November 2024

ABC listen

Welcome to the so-called "Dark Enlightenment", aka, neo-feudalism.

An important talk by Sarah Churchwell

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/sarah-churchwell-america-democracy/105871364

#neoFeudalism #DarkEnlightenment #USPol #Europol #fascism #racism .

Democracy vs neo-feudalism - the Dark Enlightenment

Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, & its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, & a free & independent media.

The Trump administration is intimidating, dismantling or destroying them.

Welcome to the so-called "Dark Enlightenment", aka, neo-feudalism.

~Historian Sarah Churchwell

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/sarah-churchwell-america-democracy/105871364

#neoFeudalism #DarkEnlightenment #USPol #Europol #fascism #racism .

Sarah Churchwell asks — Will American democracy survive the Dark Enlightenment? - ABC listen

Historian Sarah Churchwell takes you on a gripping and confronting journey into America's recent past to explain its extraordinary present, starting with dark story at the heart of that American classic Gone with the Wind. Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, and its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, and a free and independent media. So what happens when these institutions are intimidated, dismantled or destroyed, as is happening in America, under the government of President Donald Trump? This event was recorded at the University of Technology Sydney's Vice Chancellor's Democracy Forum on 14 May 2025. Original broadcast on June 17, 2025. Speakers Sarah Churchwell Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the University of London Author, The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, and The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells Director, Being Human festival and Living Literature event series Judge, Man Booker Prize Anna Funder (host) Author, Wifedom, Stasiland and All That I Am Luminary and Ambassador, University of Technology Sydney Roy Green (host) Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor at University of Technology Sydney Former Dean of the UTS Business School Chair of the UTS Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub Further information From Gatsby to Huck Finn — American literature in an age of polarisation  - Sarah Churchwell on Big Ideas, ABC Radio National 4 November 2024

ABC listen

Democracy vs neo-feudalism - the Dark Enlightenment

Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, & its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, & a free & independent media.

The Trump administration is intimidating, dismantling or destroying them.

Welcome to the so-called "Dark Enlightenment", aka, neo-feudalism.

~Historian Sarah Churchwell

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/sarah-churchwell-america-democracy/105871364

#neoFeudalism #DarkEnlightenment #USPol #Europol #fascism #racism .

Sarah Churchwell asks — Will American democracy survive the Dark Enlightenment? - ABC listen

Historian Sarah Churchwell takes you on a gripping and confronting journey into America's recent past to explain its extraordinary present, starting with dark story at the heart of that American classic Gone with the Wind. Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, and its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, and a free and independent media. So what happens when these institutions are intimidated, dismantled or destroyed, as is happening in America, under the government of President Donald Trump? This event was recorded at the University of Technology Sydney's Vice Chancellor's Democracy Forum on 14 May 2025. Original broadcast on June 17, 2025. Speakers Sarah Churchwell Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the University of London Author, The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, and The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells Director, Being Human festival and Living Literature event series Judge, Man Booker Prize Anna Funder (host) Author, Wifedom, Stasiland and All That I Am Luminary and Ambassador, University of Technology Sydney Roy Green (host) Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor at University of Technology Sydney Former Dean of the UTS Business School Chair of the UTS Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub Further information From Gatsby to Huck Finn — American literature in an age of polarisation  - Sarah Churchwell on Big Ideas, ABC Radio National 4 November 2024

ABC listen

Democracy vs neo-feudalism - the Dark Enlightenment

Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, & its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, & a free & independent media.

The Trump administration is intimidating, dismantling or destroying them.

Welcome to the so-called "Dark Enlightenment", aka, neo-feudalism.

~Historian Sarah Churchwell

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/sarah-churchwell-america-democracy/105871364

#neoFeudalism #DarkEnlightenment #USPol #Europol #fascism #racism .

Sarah Churchwell asks — Will American democracy survive the Dark Enlightenment? - ABC listen

Historian Sarah Churchwell takes you on a gripping and confronting journey into America's recent past to explain its extraordinary present, starting with dark story at the heart of that American classic Gone with the Wind. Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, and its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, and a free and independent media. So what happens when these institutions are intimidated, dismantled or destroyed, as is happening in America, under the government of President Donald Trump? This event was recorded at the University of Technology Sydney's Vice Chancellor's Democracy Forum on 14 May 2025. Original broadcast on June 17, 2025. Speakers Sarah Churchwell Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the University of London Author, The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, and The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells Director, Being Human festival and Living Literature event series Judge, Man Booker Prize Anna Funder (host) Author, Wifedom, Stasiland and All That I Am Luminary and Ambassador, University of Technology Sydney Roy Green (host) Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor at University of Technology Sydney Former Dean of the UTS Business School Chair of the UTS Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub Further information From Gatsby to Huck Finn — American literature in an age of polarisation  - Sarah Churchwell on Big Ideas, ABC Radio National 4 November 2024

ABC listen

Democracy vs neo-feudalism - the Dark Enlightenment

Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, & its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, & a free & independent media.

The Trump administration is intimidating, dismantling or destroying them.

Welcome to the so-called "Dark Enlightenment", aka, neo-feudalism.

~Historian Sarah Churchwell

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/sarah-churchwell-america-democracy/105871364

#neoFeudalism #DarkEnlightenment #USPol #Europol #fascism #racism .

Sarah Churchwell asks — Will American democracy survive the Dark Enlightenment? - ABC listen

Historian Sarah Churchwell takes you on a gripping and confronting journey into America's recent past to explain its extraordinary present, starting with dark story at the heart of that American classic Gone with the Wind. Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, and its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, and a free and independent media. So what happens when these institutions are intimidated, dismantled or destroyed, as is happening in America, under the government of President Donald Trump? This event was recorded at the University of Technology Sydney's Vice Chancellor's Democracy Forum on 14 May 2025. Original broadcast on June 17, 2025. Speakers Sarah Churchwell Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the University of London Author, The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, and The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells Director, Being Human festival and Living Literature event series Judge, Man Booker Prize Anna Funder (host) Author, Wifedom, Stasiland and All That I Am Luminary and Ambassador, University of Technology Sydney Roy Green (host) Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor at University of Technology Sydney Former Dean of the UTS Business School Chair of the UTS Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub Further information From Gatsby to Huck Finn — American literature in an age of polarisation  - Sarah Churchwell on Big Ideas, ABC Radio National 4 November 2024

ABC listen