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ThurberMingus · 508 days ago · link · · parent · post: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?”
Yeah that phrasing really sticks in the mind. I could have sworn I read that article a handful of years ago, but I guess it was last year.
- Instead of just lording over us for ever, however, the billionaires at the top of these virtual pyramids actively seek the endgame. In fact, like the plot of a Marvel blockbuster, the very structure of The Mindset requires an endgame. Everything must resolve to a one or a zero, a winner or loser, the saved or the damned. Actual, imminent catastrophes from the climate emergency to mass migrations support the mythology, offering these would-be superheroes the opportunity to play out the finale in their own lifetimes.
Fits into the whole accelerationism discourse going on