Since 1971 essentially all gains in wealth in the first world have been captured by the very wealthy, who have enjoyed an acceleration feedback loop between their capture of wealth, and capture of government, hence all effective means on checking that accumulation.
Any analysis that does not start with this is either complicit, intentionally or merely because the author has enoyed incidental residual benefit; or ignorant.
There is no mystery why there is an aura of mingled desperation, FOMO, and nihilism; to focus on the "greed" is to ignore what is animating Hail Mary attempts to finding a short path to stability, is that every traditional long path has been quietly consistently dismantled.
Better crypto than Q. But it won't stop what's coming.
What's coming is dramatically increased domestic unrest driven by the attempt to use the technologies so many here are helping build, to keep a pressure lid on and further the devolution into a two-class society.
Enjoying the dregs of the 1%? Set the autopilot for Mars, just don't take your hands off the wheel.
Any analysis that does not start with this is either complicit, intentionally or merely because the author has enoyed incidental residual benefit; or ignorant.
There is no mystery why there is an aura of mingled desperation, FOMO, and nihilism; to focus on the "greed" is to ignore what is animating Hail Mary attempts to finding a short path to stability, is that every traditional long path has been quietly consistently dismantled.
Better crypto than Q. But it won't stop what's coming.
What's coming is dramatically increased domestic unrest driven by the attempt to use the technologies so many here are helping build, to keep a pressure lid on and further the devolution into a two-class society.
Enjoying the dregs of the 1%? Set the autopilot for Mars, just don't take your hands off the wheel.