• Lugh@futurology.todayOPM
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    3 days ago

    The cognitive dissonance it must take to usher in the conditions for a communist revolution, while simultaneously bankrolling Donald Trump, proves US Big Tech is run by people who are far less smart than they think they are.

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      3 days ago

      They are smart at one thing: shortsighted profit. That is all. Everything else is an irrelevant skill.

      “Can you make our line go up?”

      “Yes, but it will tank the economy and your company with it”

      “So you can make our line go up? You’re hired!”

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      Big Tech is run by people who are far less smart scared than they think they are should be

      FTFY

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        True. I’m not going to let my children watch it, but I’ll be sure they read about it. If it happens, that is. The billionaires could still wise up and get good at obeying laws and respecting the commons. Except maybe they can’t because their parents didn’t raise them right?