Why are US fascists fixated on Greenland?
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Reminds me of an article I read ages ago (5-6 years maybe?). It was by some guy who did climate catastrophe-related stuff (I think).
They were given a generous amount of money to give some advice to a group of wealthy individuals.
They wrote that the questions started rather generic, but quickly boiled down to some rather disturbing details. Like "how can I ensure that my guards don't revolt". Or "is automating everything the better choice". Or "is something like a shock collar feasible".
@wakame @futurebird @alexwild Douglas Rushkoff tells a story like this in "Survival of the Richest," which i haven't read, but have read reviews of:
Why Billionaires Are Obsessed With the Apocalypse
The Nation Magazine
The Nation (www.thenation.com)
That review is from 2024, but like you, I thought I'd heard the basic anecdote longer ago.
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@alexwild because melting ice is opening it up as a trade route so they can Nike the Middle East
@ChuffMeister @alexwild off topic but "Nike" is an amazing corn/unalive/etc. of "nuke" -
It's also why you find so many rich people in places like NYC, Tokyo, London etc.
They want the good services! The best ones.
How is that going to work in a bunker? Are you going to have five chefs in there? What do you do when they decide to kill you and keep your bunker?
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@futurebird @alexwild The corollary being: no, they are *not* going to leave and their their money with them if you raise their taxes by a few percent.
The claim they're going to leave must be read as *threats*, and empty ones at that.
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Reminds me of an article I read ages ago (5-6 years maybe?). It was by some guy who did climate catastrophe-related stuff (I think).
They were given a generous amount of money to give some advice to a group of wealthy individuals.
They wrote that the questions started rather generic, but quickly boiled down to some rather disturbing details. Like "how can I ensure that my guards don't revolt". Or "is automating everything the better choice". Or "is something like a shock collar feasible".
@wakame @futurebird @alexwild It’s probably this
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse
Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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@Lazarou @futurebird @alexwild Watched a BBC drama a month or two ago called “To The Ends Of The Earth”, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. It’s about a ship sailing to Australia with a few “privileged” passengers aboard. I envision our tech parasites on a trip to Mars (or wherever) being like those passengers.
@thegaffer @futurebird @alexwild ooo, Jared Harris!
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@futurebird @alexwild The corollary being: no, they are *not* going to leave and their their money with them if you raise their taxes by a few percent.
The claim they're going to leave must be read as *threats*, and empty ones at that.
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@wakame @futurebird @alexwild It’s probably this
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse
Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
@drahardja @futurebird @alexwild
Wow. Yes. Thanks.
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@drahardja Exactly. The greatest lesson of that post is: Let them go. Fuck 'em. They're not *valuable*. The idea that we need them at all is part of their bullshit.
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@drahardja Exactly. The greatest lesson of that post is: Let them go. Fuck 'em. They're not *valuable*. The idea that we need them at all is part of their bullshit.
@OrionKidder Exactly
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@OrionKidder Exactly
@drahardja Also: pass laws against capital flight. No, Mr. Billionaire, *you* did not make that money all by yourself. You *might* have done a job that was somewhat influential on it, but the workers did it and the infrastructure enabled it.
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@ai6yr @Lazarou @futurebird @alexwild Can we please send them into space nowwwww?!!!
@ColesStreetPothole @ai6yr @Lazarou@mastodon.social @futurebird @alexwild
I was so sad when their idea of floating city states didn't pan out. -
@ColesStreetPothole @ai6yr @Lazarou@mastodon.social @futurebird @alexwild
I was so sad when their idea of floating city states didn't pan out.@cshlan @ColesStreetPothole @ai6yr @alexwild
There is a thing called a NORC "naturally occurring retirement community" where if a bunch of old people live in the same building it sort of turns into a nursing home.
I thought the libertarian floating cities would be NORTVS
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@cshlan @ColesStreetPothole @ai6yr @alexwild
There is a thing called a NORC "naturally occurring retirement community" where if a bunch of old people live in the same building it sort of turns into a nursing home.
I thought the libertarian floating cities would be NORTVS
"naturally occurring reality TV shows"@cshlan @ColesStreetPothole @ai6yr @alexwild
Announcer VO: "For the fifth week the sewage system has remained broken. Some residents have set up a blockchain to monetize the repair process but no one wants to clean the pipes. Tensions are rising and some want to go home. Where will this adventure in freedom take them next? Find out in this weeks episode of "Libertarian Barge!"
Roll music and intro sequence.
