lemmyreader to [email protected]English • edit-27 months agoWelcome to the Age of Technofeudalism - Interview with Yanis Varoufakiswww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkWelcome to the Age of Technofeudalism - Interview with Yanis Varoufakiswww.wired.comlemmyreader to [email protected]English • edit-27 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: technology
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink50•7 months agoThey haven’t overthrown shit. This is what capitalism is and what it always leads to: siphoning all power to the top small % of people.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-12•7 months agoAs we all know, siphoning of the power to the small percentage of people had never happened prior to capitalism.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•7 months agoNot the point. Look into economics of scale. Capitalism does this shit as a rule.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•7 months agoI never said nor implied anything about any other system. I spoke about capitalism.
minus-squareDiplomjodlerlink2•7 months agoIf you say something is bad that absolutely implies that there are better alternatives. What other purpose does such a statement serve?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agoIf other systems have the same effect, it’s a problem with them too. But it’s still a problem with capitalism.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•7 months agoAs we all know, the workers get tired of it, revolt and the 1% disappear
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•7 months agoNot really. They just get replaced by the people leading the revolution (there are exceptions of course, like Robespierre in the French Revolution).
They haven’t overthrown shit.
This is what capitalism is and what it always leads to: siphoning all power to the top small % of people.
As we all know, siphoning of the power to the small percentage of people had never happened prior to capitalism.
Not the point. Look into economics of scale. Capitalism does this shit as a rule.
I never said nor implied anything about any other system. I spoke about capitalism.
If you say something is bad that absolutely implies that there are better alternatives. What other purpose does such a statement serve?
Ahhh, some fresh whataboutism!
If other systems have the same effect, it’s a problem with them too. But it’s still a problem with capitalism.
As we all know, the workers get tired of it, revolt and the 1% disappear
Not really. They just get replaced by the people leading the revolution (there are exceptions of course, like Robespierre in the French Revolution).
you mean like feudalism ?