Ken WhiteJun 4, 2023
Jack boosting the lunatic RFK Jr. Is no surprise. Entrepreneurs, and particularly techbrahs, are vulnerable to the great-man-outsider narratives because they see it as resonating with their own stories. They’re suckers for all sorts of Kirkland-brand Ubermensch poseurs.
Show threadKevin LeecasterJun 5, 2023
@Popehat
The techno-anarcho-libertarians are also accelerationists trying to hasten violent unrest in the streets too it seems.
Show threadRick Mycroft
@Popehat @GreenFire And they use Longtermism to balance any short-term egg-breakage with quadrillions of happy future people.
Jun 5, 2023 at 1:58amWeb
Show threadarceuthobiumJun 6, 2023
@trashpanda_x @Popehat @GreenFire Galbraith’s “in the long run we’re all dead” was meant as an admonition against this kind of thinking.