Meta is banning discussion of the 'Network State' concept; a Silicon Valley Oligarch-funded idea to replace American democracy with corporate government.

https://futurology.today/post/3970245

Meta is banning discussion of the 'Network State' concept; a Silicon Valley Oligarch-funded idea to replace American democracy with corporate government. - Futurology Today

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Of course they are. They’ll ban discussion of democracy next, and then voting.
We edge closer to Weyland-Yuyani hegemony every day, only the IRL technocrats will be stupider and greedier IRL

Humanity: invents capitalism government

Engineers: Hold my dark fluid, I’ve got a mistake to fix

I associate it with “The Space Merchants” and their corporate congress.

It’s a really good book written in 1952 and talks about climate change, rampant corporate greed, synthetic meat… Really good read.

The Space Merchants - Wikipedia

They’ll ban discussion of democracy next, and then voting.

Damn right they should!

Managed Democracy is the true path, all who resist it shall suffer our wrath~.

(I hate the possibility that this could be a real thing in the future)

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Zuckerberg:( hello fellow organic lifeform, you must not converse in my take over of your limited lifespan
We are already living in a country being run by Elon Musk.
Peter thiel* is a bigger puppet master, he just doesn’t want to be the face. He wants the world to collapse so he can rebuild it into his techno feudalism dream. This is all to plan
Now I know what Alex Jones would say if he were on the left
Pay no attention to the fascist behind the curtain.
Let’s not forget how we got here though cause if we do forget & survive this round, won’t be long before it comes back.
That’s not really the root cause. Capitalism is closer to the root.
Lol. Capitalism isn’t going away anytime soon. Democrats absolutely could have won if they actually stood for anything other than themselves.
Sure, but a big part of why they don’t do better is they want to continue the capitalist hellscape where a few people benefit from “owning” most everything.
Because that is the system people are subscribed to. You want big change & to take on capitalism you need a V for Vendetta. The system is built on capitalism. The best chance we’d prob have right now to take on capitalism is someone with a popular agenda that is good at acting, but once elected as President they basically say… Ha, now I’m immune & will use my platform to try to get rid of capitalism. They’d probably get assassinated real quick though. Or a complete collapse of the system.

Maybe. We can still try to work on multiple things at the same time.

Demand more from the Democrats.

Fight the right wing.

Push for better systems.

No one’s going to wave a magic wand and fix everything. though it would be funny to me if more billionaires were murdered , that’s not really likely or safe.

It’s called building dual power, and many of us are actually doing things every day to further that goal.

The best chance we’d prob have right now to take on capitalism is someone with a popular agenda that is good at acting, but once elected as President they basically say… Ha, now I’m immune & will use my platform to try to get rid of capitalism […] Or [cause] a complete collapse of the system.

Is this sarcastic? Because that’s literally what we’re witnessing and we may have a chance at building a better world with better systems very soon.

Not if the same establishment Democrats get reelected then claim their hands are tied whenever Republicans try their usual antics.
Yeah, obviously. Doesn’t mean don’t be ready or don’t even try
not with that attitude

Money gets people elected.

Many of the ultra wealthy are bought in on the idea of cyclical history where things go golden age, decadent age, disaster, GOTO 1

So they fund the side that is most likely to wreck things, happy in the delusion that that must cause a golden age

Then business prefers weak government and little regulation

Then business wants more workers so they support whatever might get more babies born

So less capitalism, more unchecked capitalism and high inequality, and propaganda directed at those in power and the fact that to win in a 2 party democracy you just need to appeal to the bulk of people

Capitalists should hold no political power, do yoy agree?
fair, but Harris would have won without election rigging. Voter suppression and forced provisional ballots that were never counted.
Thanks for supporting trump because you’re a great morally pure saint
I’m a lot more moral than genocide supporters
You’re a genocide supporter who lies
Prove it. I bet you voted for a candidate that said they support Israel unconditionally.
I didn’t vote for trump, unlike you, you fraud.
Neither did I. Keep acting that way though please… You’ll help get more third party voters next election.
You voted third party. Worse than voting for Trump because you’re spreading the lie that it will help anything
You voted for the pro-genocide candidate. You lied, made excuses & can’t figure out why you lost to Trump.
No you voted for extra genocide and in the process nuked the economy also. I’m sure Palestinians love you and your fraudulent morality which is actually idiotic cruelty. A disgusting liar who would be celebrated if it weren’t for all these dEmoCrAt GeNoCiDe SuPpOrTeRs

I’m sure Palestinians love you and your fraudulent morality which is actually idiotic cruelty.

Palestinians voted for Jill Stein more than any other candidate. I voted alongside Palestinians who rejected the two-party genocide. You on the other hand appear to have no respect for the Palestinians wishes, instead insisting that you know better than them.

Lol you can speak for all Palestinians saying they all voted very much against their interests because you lie and say you knew one
In historic shift, American Muslim and Arab voters desert Democrats

For the first time in two decades, most Muslim and Arab American voters supported a presidential candidate other than a Democrat

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Yes and Republicans mostly are voting against their interests too, and?
So you know what is best for Palestinians? Are you the white man that knows what is best?
I know that Trump is worse for them by far, and so do you. That’s why you’re lying on his behalf, specifically to make sure you destroy the lives of Palestinians, very much intentionally and we both know it
Even if it wasn’t for the corrupt criminal and the genocide you advocated for, Stein is a Russian asset with no real policy positions. She once said 911 was an inside job. No one should ever take a goddamned thing a stein voter says seriously. To vote for Stein makes one either an idiot or a bad person.

Ah, so I got it you just drink straight from the DNC, no bottle or cup first. Just shooting those establishment DNC talking points directly into your veins.

Well considering a majority of Palestinians voted for Stein, that means you think a majority of Palestinians in America are idiots or bad people… which def sounds racist. Doesn’t surprise me though that an establishment pro-genocide supporter would hate Palestinians so much & think of them as less than. Maybe you should have actually cared before when it affected them, but no now you’re upset now that it affects you.

I didn’t read this, but moving forward I will be pointing out for humiliation purposes, that you voted for Russian asset Stein.
Okay, sounds like you will learn nothing.
Not from a fake leftist who supports trump, there’s nothing to learn except that you expect me to believe that Russian asset Jill Stein isn’t a horrible piece of shit
You’re thinking of Kamala Cheney. What happened to the joy she made you feel?
I’m thinking of Russian asset Jill Stein, whose enthusiastic support of trump, because of his genocide support, attracted your absolutely lying ass’s vote.
Jill Stein didn’t support Trump, it was your candidate the neocon war criminal billionaire lover that helped Trump win. Your candidate received 2 billion in donations & still lost to a mentally handicap person. Seriously she’s gotta be one of the dumbest people of all time, except for the people who refuse to learn from it.
Did you vote against Trump, or were you too “moral”?
I absolutely voted against Trump for Jill Stein.
So you wasted your vote
I’m very proud of my vote. I voted alongside the Palestinians that Kamala Cheney hates.
Still wasted as it’s first past the post and only the two major party nominees have any chance
How’d that work out for you?
My country has single transferable vote, so I don’t have the problem you have
So then why are you even commenting here about my vote?

Because you are voting in the US system and are (a tiny bit) part of the group that allowed Trump to be elected

And Trump is bad for the whole world

No it was genocide Joe & Kamala Cheney that helped Trump. Also, learn to respect people like Palestinians who overwhelmingly chose Jill Stein. I know it is hard to care about Palestinians in Australia when your government is locking up protestors & covering up Palestinian flags.

pro-genocide candidate

You realize Trump supports Russia (genocide of Ukrainians and minority ethnicities) and gave Israel the green light to continue on. Right?

Trump wants to start a war with Canada and Greenland. Right?

Seems like you fully support genocide. Despite having the audacity to claim otherwise.

I don’t support Trump & didn’t vote for him. Why in your mind does criticizing something about Democrats equate to being a Trump supporter? Maybe you should have been more critical of Democrats prior to the election & we wouldn’t be in this mess.

Why in your mind does criticizing something about Democrats equate to being a Trump supporter?

idk calling the Democratic candidate “Pro-Genocide” (They are not, no matter how much you claim they are) while letting the literal pro-genocide candidate off scott free.