In a biography by Ashlee Vance, Musk is quoted as saying he always wanted to live on Mars. What kind of dead, dull mind would want to live on a barren, lifeless planet? It's not news that totalitarianism leads to the emergence of an IT, as Madeleine L'Engle called the semi-alive, all-controlling brain in A Wrinkle in Time. A creature wit…
In a biography by Ashlee Vance, Musk is quoted as saying he always wanted to live on Mars. What kind of dead, dull mind would want to live on a barren, lifeless planet? It's not news that totalitarianism leads to the emergence of an IT, as Madeleine L'Engle called the semi-alive, all-controlling brain in A Wrinkle in Time. A creature with red eyes tells the protagonists it's great to have somebody else do your thinking for you; independent thought is burdensome. Anybody that fights control is labelled belligerent and uncooperative. So here we are.
In the 1990s, the internet redefined humanity. "Facebook" established that humans neither want or need privacy rights. It also established that the most degenerate, hateful, ignorant acts a human could perform are valuable spectacle. "Amazon" proved that humans will embrace slavery-monopolies in exchange for instant gratification. "Gamers" proved that modern humans, especially males, prefer a synthetic facsimile to natural earth. "LinkedIn" established that it's not what you know; but who you know--enabling scum to rise to the top. Every aspect of the development of virtual reality/electronic communication has been effectuated by thieves, crooks, liars, and drop-outs. But it's nothing new for capitalist success. The same amoral scum "industrialists" exploited America's public resources for personal gain at the turn- of-the-century. Romans and others--same story. The underlying problem is the notion that a single individual such as Musk has the right to exploit public resources for personal gain. That right is the foundation of capitalism.
American capitalists have their own Caligula now, and the future looks bleak for millions of Americans. Capitalists had their heads cut off by French Revolutionaries to stop their crimes against humanity. But bloodshed isn't necessarily required to strip capitalists of their power. Simply taxing them down to size or outright seizing their wealth and redistributing it would strip them of power. Incarceration might be in order for the overblown figures behind technology with their anti-human ambitions. Turning the internet over to the public as originally envisioned could help Homo sapiens regain their humanity and real-world functionality. Capitalists control every aspect of people's lives through their grip on the power grid. Nationalize it. If all else fails, flip the switch and thwart the plans for humanity envisioned by little boys with too much money and no concept of reality.
In a biography by Ashlee Vance, Musk is quoted as saying he always wanted to live on Mars. What kind of dead, dull mind would want to live on a barren, lifeless planet? It's not news that totalitarianism leads to the emergence of an IT, as Madeleine L'Engle called the semi-alive, all-controlling brain in A Wrinkle in Time. A creature with red eyes tells the protagonists it's great to have somebody else do your thinking for you; independent thought is burdensome. Anybody that fights control is labelled belligerent and uncooperative. So here we are.
In the 1990s, the internet redefined humanity. "Facebook" established that humans neither want or need privacy rights. It also established that the most degenerate, hateful, ignorant acts a human could perform are valuable spectacle. "Amazon" proved that humans will embrace slavery-monopolies in exchange for instant gratification. "Gamers" proved that modern humans, especially males, prefer a synthetic facsimile to natural earth. "LinkedIn" established that it's not what you know; but who you know--enabling scum to rise to the top. Every aspect of the development of virtual reality/electronic communication has been effectuated by thieves, crooks, liars, and drop-outs. But it's nothing new for capitalist success. The same amoral scum "industrialists" exploited America's public resources for personal gain at the turn- of-the-century. Romans and others--same story. The underlying problem is the notion that a single individual such as Musk has the right to exploit public resources for personal gain. That right is the foundation of capitalism.
American capitalists have their own Caligula now, and the future looks bleak for millions of Americans. Capitalists had their heads cut off by French Revolutionaries to stop their crimes against humanity. But bloodshed isn't necessarily required to strip capitalists of their power. Simply taxing them down to size or outright seizing their wealth and redistributing it would strip them of power. Incarceration might be in order for the overblown figures behind technology with their anti-human ambitions. Turning the internet over to the public as originally envisioned could help Homo sapiens regain their humanity and real-world functionality. Capitalists control every aspect of people's lives through their grip on the power grid. Nationalize it. If all else fails, flip the switch and thwart the plans for humanity envisioned by little boys with too much money and no concept of reality.