Language Matters – Words like “plutocracy” or “corporate oligarchy” need to be more common in discussions, or else people default to the labels given to them…
@mrexits@elonmusk Yes, and also our economic habits need to adapt to changing conditions. Nobody can have anything nice if we exhaust the biosphere before we get off this rock.
@elonmusk So what are your initial ideas on the practicalities of a Dyson swarm, or even just something in Earth’s orbit? Any thoughts on how we get the power back down?
@anders_aslund To be fair, the propaganda train behind the Republican party’s hastily formed broad-tent coalition would have made Goebbels proud, but that’s no excuse for having arguably the most uneducated electorate in the history of our democracy. Jefferson is rolling in his grave right now.
@AesPolitics1 China will have its own internal fish to fry once the local government property Ponzi scheme starts to have real ramifications.
What we need to be more afraid of is the collapse of central government itself, giving way to what the tech bros call “the network state”
@DannyKPolitics Indeed, could one argue that the plutocracy as a whole is the single largest driver of human suffering and global resource inefficiencies in existence?
@MikeNellis But the question becomes… how long has the plutocracy actually been in control of the global banking system, and subsequently, the world? How long have we been split between left, right, and dictators to prevent us from realizing what’s really happening on a macro scale?
Posobiec: Trump can't violate the Constitution because "Trump is the living embodiment of the American Constitution."
This is just textbook fascism.
It is antithetical to everything our Founders fought for.
The only real obstacle? Those who profit from scarcity won’t let go easily. So the question becomes: How do we wrestle control of these innovations away from those hoarding them? Would it require government intervention, mass public pressure, or simply out-innovating them?
At that point, we could transition to a society where people aren’t forced into survival mode and can instead focus on creativity, exploration, and purpose.
Furthermore, if we free suppressed technology, decentralize resource production, and apply new breakthroughs for the common good instead of profit, then artificial scarcity disappears.
Energy becomes abundant. Food and water become universally accessible. Medical breakthroughs eliminate suffering. AI and automation reduce the need for excessive labor.
This kind of future isn’t utopian—it’s just a reallocation of resources to benefit the majority rather than a small elite. The real hurdle is convincing enough people that this vision isn’t just possible but necessary.
The challenge is transitioning from here to there without the collapse turning into chaos. If people could begin opting into these systems voluntarily, forming parallel economies, supporting worker-owned businesses, and demanding political change, we could gradually shift power.