Prior Industry 🇺🇦Oct 12, 2024
The Bulwark
"It’s not that I had an excessively high opinion of the virtues or judgment of the super-wealthy. But I assumed that, having done well in America, they’d be a 'conservative' force in more or less upholding the current political and economic order."

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/our-new-maga-oligarchs
Our New MAGA Oligarchs

Plus: Bracing for the unrest to come if Kamala wins.

The Bulwark
Oct 12, 2024 at 7:00pmWeb
Show threadJPOct 12, 2024
The Greeks nailed it .
Show threadGreg FishOct 13, 2024
Tech bro billionaires are accelerationists. They have effectively unlocked all achievements in the current system and want a new one. It’s a cult in which techno-feudalism will be the new default, and they need Trump and the MAGA Klan to burn it all down so they can rebuild the world as they see fit. https://www.wowt.news/p/silicon-valley-cult-of-ai-and-cyberpunk-future
the madness of king altman: how ai became the god of silicon valley

However bizarre you think Silicon Valley's sudden obsession with AI, I assure you, its roots are way weirder than that, and so are the plans for an "AI-powered" future.

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