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[-] blargle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

No, we aren't prepared, because there is no we. And they don't have to acknowledge any such thing, because they are literal fucking psychopaths.

"UBI...?" Hahahaha. NO.

They intend to wring every last drop of productivity out of what's left of the working class, finish the job of consolidating all wealth at the top and leaving us with absolutely nothing. After that, the plan is to keep the angry starving hordes away from the walls of their freedom cities and luxury bunkers and super-ultra-mega-yachts with AI powered auto-turrets and kill-bots and murder-drones and robot dogs with frickin flamethrowers on their heads.

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[-] iglou@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

Then they will someday wake up with a shock, because no amount of tech will stop 99% of the population from winning a revolution. That only happens in movies.

Plus, many countries would riot far before it gets to this point. We frenchies protested for years "just" because of our retirement being pushed a few years...

[-] nintendiator@feddit.cl 1 points 17 hours ago

no amount of tech will stop 99% of the population

What 99%? 96% of that 99% you mention I have observed to be quite lazy. Things have been severely bad for decades yet no meaningful reaction.

[-] iglou@programming.dev 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

That 96% of the population isn't currently in a state so shitty they'd revolt. We're talking about a dystopian future where there is barely any work to do, yet no UBI or equivalent system. A future where the rich have everything and keep everything. People born in these conditions won't be too lazy for a revolution.

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