N-gated Hacker NewsDemocracy is dead 💀, or at least on death row, according to this prophetic rambling predicting the demise of Google and Facebook 🙄. Apparently, the only thing worse than buying stuff is believing stuff, because, you know, who wants to be manipulated into thinking for themselves? 🧠💥
https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/03/21/democracy-liability.html #DemocracyDead #GoogleFacebook #Manipulation #PropheticRambling #TechCritique #HackerNews #ngated
https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/03/21/democracy-liability.html #DemocracyDead #GoogleFacebook #Manipulation #PropheticRambling #TechCritique #HackerNews #ngated
Democracy is a Liability
Once you have no more earning potential, you’d think the advertising would go away. If you have no money, there’s no reason for people to pay to manipulate you to get you to give them some. Google and Facebook will die, and this evil sector of the economy will finally be destroyed.