There’s also reasons why capitalism doesn’t work in feudal societies. They don’t give a fuck about logic though
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foggy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ive got no crystal ball here but I feel like this is amazingly short sighted.
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You cannot buy an army with liquid cash payments. The slow ess of bureaucracy is what keeps mercenaries from seizing power.
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If AI is to be the enforcer and not hired goons then you have a fun new problem. Either your AI is smart enough to turn on you, or it isn’t smart enough to protect you.
bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why would billionaires care about capitalism? They have already amassed more money than they will ever need. They want to be Barons of new tech enabled fiefdoms where they extract rents from their subjects.
raoul@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Sorry, but I’m not sure what you are talking about.
This video is about how the dictatorial ideas of guys like Curtis Yarvin are beeing implemented in front of us. It’s two months old and describes what is currently happening too well.
foggy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I am referring to how they expect network cities to work. My response is based off of watching this video.
jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The video isn’t really about how each facet of a ‘network state’ would work though, it’s about how these billionaires – who proclaim out in the open the US is a failing state and needs to essentially be brought out back and killed so they can build it back how they want – have their voices in the Presidents ear and their money in his pocket. Seemingly he and JD Vance are repeating their (Thiel, Balaji, and ultimately Curtis Yarvin’s) philosophies and advancing their own goals, as stated by they themselves in podcasts and books.
But to answer your first point, you dont buy an army, you buy the US presidency, which just so happens to be the most powerful it has ever been in US history.