Paris Marx

Sam Bankman-Fried and his brother Gabe wanted to buy the island nation of Nauru and turn it into a doomsday bunker and lab for genetic enhancement, regardless of the impact on its 12,000 residents.

Nauru has a long history of exploitation by powerful outside forces, and the Bankman-Frieds’ desire to be their latest exploiters tells us a lot about tech billionaires.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/the-tragedy-of-sam-bankman-frieds

#tech #sbf #crypto

The tragedy of Sam Bankman-Fried's plan to buy Nauru

The billionaire is just the latest to try to exploit the Pacific nation

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Aug 2, 2023 at 1:31pmWeb
Show threadmsgbiAug 2, 2023
@parismarx super conductor lab @charles_ex
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Aug 2, 2023
@parismarx Nauru, that island nation famous for being exploited and under threat of sea level rise.....going to breed a race of aqua-people are they?
Show threadWalatepabri 🦕🇨🇵Aug 2, 2023
@parismarx great article
Show threadRay JepsonAug 3, 2023
@parismarx and he almost made it...
Show threadJPAug 3, 2023
@parismarx "we'll survive on an island / mountain bunker even if 99% of earth's population dies" is such a common rich guy fantasy and it's always been so infantile - where the fuck are you going to get food and medicine from once your stores run out? a child thought-experimenting it could see how unworkable it is. we are a deeply interdependent civilization and only people who have amassed horrifically alienating wealth have the luxury of fully forgetting that.
Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Feb 21, 2024
@jplebreton @parismarx just wait until you realise what certain religious cults do! Stockpiling food for when their god destroys those of us who don’t worship their violent deity. There are far more of them than billionaires, but it’s exactly the same mindset! ‘We will be OK!’ They’re so stupid they can’t see just how ridiculous the whole thing is.
Show threadJoão PinheiroFeb 21, 2024
@jaycee True!
Show threadmaylyFeb 21, 2024

@jplebreton @parismarx it's not unreasonable to assume that the rich could (technically) survive in fallout shelters, based on research that was intended for space colonies. these days they're building "private cities" to create their own societies for the privileged.

that's quite worrying as it reduces pressure on public services to invest and maintain civil protection facilities (or any civil infrastructure)

this should be ours ⬇️

Show threadJPFeb 21, 2024
@mayly @parismarx they're *talking about* building private (aka charter) cities, all they've really done so far is set up parasitic colonies in nations that are too poor to say no to rich people. none of these deregulated "paradises" ever go anywhere though because they're not really functioning societies, just getaway vacations for people who don't know what a society looks like. definitely agree we should counter that with full-throated public investment.
Show thread➴➴➴Æ🜔Ɲ.Ƈꭚ⍴𝔥єɼ👩🏻‍💻Feb 21, 2024
@jplebreton @parismarx Especially since all the money put into bunkers and buying islands, etc... that could probably ensure they're not needed.
Show threadMichael GemarFeb 21, 2024
@jplebreton @quixoticgeek @parismarx What will *actually* happen is their armed security will take them out…
Show threadJames GlueckAug 3, 2023
@parismarx tax them to oblivion
Show threadDoug GrinbergsAug 3, 2023
@parismarx Hey, who's editing Wikipedia articles about the corrupt bastards?
Show threadKarl StanleyAug 3, 2023
@parismarx why am I not surprised? Techno-financial-colonialism is no different from the old fashioned kind of colonialism.