344
The ruling class know that global warming is real, but have chosen the Thanos solution rather than having to curtail their own excess. (lemmy.world)
submitted 16 hours ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
59 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Leaders and political groups from around the world seem hell bent on choices that don't make any sense. Even if you take into account stupidity, greed, narcissism, religion, rascim, hate, ect. there are constantly things happening that don't fit.

If inst, you reframe the shit being done with the thought that while none of them may agree on a final destination, they all agree that a fast drop in population is the "fast and easy" solution, then suddenly it all starts to make a lot more sense. Then everything going on is a rush to secure power and position in the post apocalypse world. And things like antivax become their own filtering mechanism to self-select stupid people out of the gene pool.

Unfortunately, once you begin thinking about things with that mind set, then it also becomes really difficult not to see COVID as a test of the system, or at least the tipping point that pushed everything into high gear.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 9 points 15 hours ago* (4 children)

They'd rather be the most power in a world of fewer people than sacrifice to save them. With AI adoption potentially enabling them to retain functionality at scale, with far fewer workers, they have even less incentive to sacrifice.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 6 hours ago

    With AI adoption potentially enabling them to retain functionality at scale, with far fewer workers...

    I suppose that might work, altho it would also introduce a tonne of instability in to global economies at all sorts of levels, with accompanying high risks of collapse, anarchy and whatever else. Even if those weren't a huge set of risks right there, global warming and ocean acidification are coming with a vengeance to make the surface of the planet largely uninhabitable and starved of O2, among other things.

    IMO these billionaires are rapidly approaching the point at which they'll need to vanish with their peoples in to their elaborate bunkers. And who knows how that turns out for them over the years. (seems to me it could get ugly real quick)

    A year or two ago there was an article from a high-class escort who was evidently a regular at some kinds of global billionaire get-togethers. She got to know the mindset of many of the attendees over time. She said that roughly half had some kind of personal solution in their minds, and the other (roughly) half felt discernibly hopeless. And even that wasn't enough to spur them to try to find solutions as a group, it seems.

    Point is, each of them seems to consider themselves their own little kingdom in many ways, helpless or completely uninterested in addressing global threats.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    "Potentially." I snorted at this. "AI" is just VR, NFT, crypto. A scam to keep big tech from having to compete.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 13 hours ago*

    I use it everyday for work. It isn't a scam. Not all the promises will come true but it absolutely is and will displace workforces across information and analysis heavy roles. Its also very likely to see AI become a standard new interface for computer systems, whether we want it or not.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent