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[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Speedrunning to cp2077, starting with the corpo wars

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Really I'd wager it's more Snow Crash myself, it's a book that most of these Silicon Valley guys would have grown up with.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Cyberpunk 2077 was just a continuation of Cyberpunk 2020, which came out before Snow Crash.

In reality, I think the tech bros pull from all sorts of media and don't restrict themselves to just one bible.

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's a good point. Snow Crash does lean heavily into the metaverse in a way that is very aligned with Zuckerberg's concept of it. I remember early interviews with some silicon valley guys and when Stephenson was the darling out there l, like with the early Xbox guys or Google Earth.

Maybe Cyberpunk was popular too but just didn't break through to more mainstream news.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I am but a sample size of one, but I've got a copy of CP2020 and not Snow Crash, haha.

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I am a Taco Bell man myself. Gotta side with winners, ya know?

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

They will have a gun that induces violent diarrhea. I guarantee it.

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[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 100 points 1 day ago (4 children)

https://www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capital-extremism

Next Reddit will start banning you for upvoting anything about it.

Please share this document far and wide. People need to understand what's going on, to stop it.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago

It's fascist city states that market themselves as tax free libertarian, likely hedonistic. Tech has little (maybe ultra deregulated healthcare) to do with anything other than billionaires who came from tech get to decide who is allowed in. This is a model in Israel and Arab kingdoms with less hedonism, but high slavery levels.

The US is definitely on path to collapse. Current administration is accelerating it. Gifting federal lands to become tax havens is setting it to 11.

Many of these tech bros also talk about an actual solution: Freedom dividends. High tax libertarianism with freedom for all. Power redistribution. Don't compete for jobs we can't do as well as China or robots. Or spend on/promote war. Freedom dividends ends crimes and makes fair labour markets. Fascism and slavery as the "libertarian utopian phoenix from ashes of US" is going to be straight mad max fascism and slavery instead of utopia.

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[–] KelvarIW@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I had never heard about the "Network State" concept before, but now I hate it, because Zuckerberg sure as hell loves it

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 22 hours ago

the only reason to ban it is if it’s their plan

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[–] segabased@lemmy.zip 90 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This man has a bunker and everything. He's scared shitless and he is ready to hide. Their assets need to be seized and accounts drained

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

That's not a joke, ALL these dudes have extensive doomsday prep. Secure facilities, staffed and stocked. There's a ton of reporting on it. They're gonna fare a LOT better than we are if shit gets really outta hand. Unless we do something about them before it gets to that point, anyway.

Edit: added a detail

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 11 points 1 day ago

They are going to get killed by their own militias

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Imagine just letting him be in his bunker, but you park a cement truck on top of the door.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Can we put them in there now?

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago

Why wait? Cement the bunkers before they can hide in them!

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You think we could pull a "Blast from the Past" and think Zuck into thinking the world is ending so he rushes to his bunker?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Other people saw that?

[–] SmokeytheBeard1@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago (13 children)

His bunker on a Hawaiian Island. Dude really wants to be far away from everything when shit pops off.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Yeah because when I think about kicking off world wars, the last locale on my mind is Hawaii

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 119 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Streisand effect: I had never heard of the “network state” until now. Uh, thanks for being such an asshole, Zuck!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

There's a whole video that blew up a couple weeks ago about this. Highly recommend you watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpPTRcz1no

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

@magnetosphere@fedia.io

This video is a must watch. She exposing some crazy shit in this video.

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[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just found out like a week ago. Look up techno feudalism. Apparently these guys have been talking about it for a long time.

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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 150 points 1 day ago (27 children)

Pay no attention to the fascist behind the curtain.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 50 points 1 day ago

The fascist in front of the curtain is loud enough already.

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[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Pay no attention to the man-child behind the curtain.

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 day ago

Corporations can't even run corporations well. That's one of the lessons we should've took from 2008.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 79 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Of course they are. They'll ban discussion of democracy next, and then voting.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 16 hours ago

Zuckerberg:( hello fellow organic lifeform, you must not converse in my take over of your limited lifespan

[–] finder585@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

They’ll ban discussion of democracy next, and then voting.

Damn right they should!

Managed Democracy is the true path, all who resist it shall suffer our wrath~.

(I hate the possibility that this could be a real thing in the future)

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 62 points 1 day ago (4 children)

We are already living in a country being run by Elon Musk.

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