alt Hacker NewsI suspect the wealthy think they can shield themselves by exerting control over mass media, news outlets, the press, and domestic surveillance, all amplified by AI.
If all that fails, they have their underground bunkers on faraway islands and/or backup citizenships.
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awillowingmind • last Tuesday at 7:03 PM
Assuming that they are able to fully replace the workforce, and that technocracy is fully realized, the majority stakeholders of these corporations will rely on corporations akin to palantir & anduril for private security.
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> I suspect the wealthy think they can shield themselves by exerting control over
Agreed and I think this is a result of a naive belief that we humans tend to have that controlling thoughts can control reality. Politicians still live by this belief but eventually reality and lived experience does catch up. By that time all trust is long gone.