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This Website Will Let You Know When Rich People Are Fleeing the Apocalypse (www.vice.com)
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[–] 18 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It's pretty dark actually. Some are thinking of outfitting their employees with shock/death collars they can control remotely, drones, all sorts of stuff like that. There was a guardian article about it a few years ago.

I think this is it: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/23/tech-industry-wealth-futurism-transhumanism-singularity

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  • [–] 13 points 3 days ago

    There is a podcast with the Daily Shows Jon Stewart where he says this as well. He was at a dinner party and rich people were talking about how to control populations after monetary means are gone.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    will the person responsable of the maintenance be wearing one as well? Well... i guess with ICE and all the techbros licking trump and elon asses they would in fact find people to treat others like animal while staying themselves loyals just because something

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago

    These tech lords are going to discover they aren't as tough as they think if things really fall apart.

    Even before the militaries take control, an inevitability in that situation, local warlords, often security services out of work or not being paid, would take them out.

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