They are when they’re the only ones left....

Neighbors, yes. Friends and family, no.

Because people are ignorant, arrogant, stupid, shortsighted, lazy, etc, etc. It’s a failing that’s not reserved for the wealthy and powerful.

You just answered your own question: because they *won’t* be ‘above’ anyone. In the new world order to come, there will only be the wealthy and their ‘pets.’ And people also don’t reliably carry act outs of genocide on their friends and family. Machines...machines have no such failings.

You just answered your own question: because they *won’t* be ‘above’ anyone. In the new world order to come, there will only be the wealthy and their ‘pets.’ And people also don’t reliably carry act outs of genocide on their friends and family. Machines...machines have no such failings.

Sure, the ‘line goes up’ *IF* you ignore that it only goes up for a very tiny percentage of the population. And sure, the world ‘gets better’ *IF* you ignore that it only gets better for that same tiny percentage of the population. For everyone else, things are just as bad as they’ve ever been if not worse. Often a…

Yes, and an important part of the system to be replaced with ‘machines’ is ‘law enforcement.’ Because ‘human powered’ law enforcement might decide they’d rather be in charge instead. And that’s a problem, because ‘law enforcement’ is only effective if they’re armed. Can’t have armed people getting any ideas about…

Freeing humans from the drudgery of repetitive tasks has been the goal of every technological enhancement in human history.

That’s a big part of why the wealthy are so obsession with AI — so they can preemptively identify and eliminate all the people who might consider building a guillotine, along with anyone who might incite such actions. See: AI’s growing incorporation into ‘law’ enforcement.

Billionaires like Zuck are ‘reading’ the writing on the wall and are taking steps to ensure that ‘me and mine’ survives the coming catastrophes that *THEY* had a direct hand in creating, exacerbating, and/or perpetuating. It’s a *BIG* reason why they’re pushing so hard on AI. It isn’t about money or profit margins.…

Not entirely accurate. But yes, there’s a *BIG* problem with capital gains taxes. Not only that it’s not high enough, but that the system is (deliberately) set up to make it practically impossible to tax capital gains effectively, no matter what rate it’s theoretically taxed at. There’s a reason why Warren Buffet has…

It’s not like this was an easily predictable outcome or anything...

They ‘lose’ that money when the issuing country’s labor force is effectively worthless, because they’re homeless, starving, uneducated masses. And under capitalism, if a population isn’t producing things that can generate profit, that population is worthless. Which is already happening in the US, and why the ‘value’…

Once again illustrating that Florida Man is a f***ing idiot. It’s called parody and satire, and they’re legally protected concepts. The fact that you’re a walking magnet for parody and satire of your stupidity is your own fault.

“...but perhaps mods and DLC will change all of that...”

Okay, Sony...but if my ownership of the things I buy isn’t respected and protected by you, then why should I or anyone else respect and protect the ownership of any of your ‘property’? IPs are a social contract, assholes. If you don’t hold up your end, I am under no obligation to hold up mine.

So then you’d have to call the following games ‘indie’ too, since, by your definition, they’d fall into that group: Half-life 2 and etc, Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike 2, Half-life: Alyx, Portal 1 & 2, DotA 2, and so forth. Valve is independently owned and operated, not beholden to a board of directors. It’s famous (o…

The entire executive structure and the business/corporate landscape is a shining example of how universally true it is that, “When the profit motive becomes unmoored from the purpose motive, bad things happen.”
(taken from “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us” by Daniel H. Pink)

When regular employees fuck up this colossally, they don’t get ‘severance’ packages. They get promptly shown the door and told to never come back. Security will collect your things and mail them to you, and you’ll be billed for the delivery.

If ‘the right to bear arms’ is immutable and unassailable, why don’t we allow inmates to carry firearms? Life is dangerous in prison, and they need to defend themselves, too! And what about parolees? Since the 2nd amendment and the constitution as a whole clearly has no exceptions for people who have demonstrated a…