@brivael: Socialism is not an economic theory. It is a moral structure that needs three things to exist: 1. Scarcity to redistrib…
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The author argues that socialism relies on scarcity, victims, and intermediaries, and that AI is eliminating all three, citing a proposal by Sanders and AOC to freeze AI data center construction.
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Socialism is not an economic theory.
It is a moral structure that needs three things to exist:
- Scarcity to redistribute
- Victims to defend
- A class of intermediaries to orchestrate the whole thing
Remove just one of these three pillars and the edifice collapses.
AI is in the process of removing all three at the same time.
Brivael Le Pogam (@brivael): Sanders et AOC veulent geler la construction de tous les data centers IA aux États-Unis.
Il faut comprendre ce qui se passe vraiment. Ce n’est pas une bataille politique parmi d’autres. C’est la dernière convulsion d’une vision du monde qui a compris, inconsciemment, qu’elle est
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