Post #1588470

2026-04-23 15:41 UTC

I guess what bothers me most about 2026-era macro economics is how shameless it all is. The wealthy are siphoning the world's entire economic surplus into a harebrained attempt to replace workers with data centers, and they've captured society so thoroughly that we're just letting them. If they succeed, what do you think the world will look like? If they don't, you can bet the consequences will not be carried by these clowns themselves.

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@serapath@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-23 16:00

@marijn they do it by printing momey to build put their AI and data centers. ....they dont get the money from revenue. They can do it because we work for the money they can print to build it and maintain it all for them... why do we do that? if everyone required them to pay in bitcoin, this would all end very quickly - but yeah, you think bitcoin is bad too so ....i guess they will just continue 🤷‍♀️

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@rosano@mastodon.online 2026-04-23 16:46

@marijn haven't found a nice way to articulate it yet but it feels very status quo, standard power grab / games as opposed to some new political reaity, yet the consensus seems to be "it's done interesting things, therefore yeehaw…"

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@Madagascar_Sky@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 18:50

@marijn Post-industrial feudalism? I think that's what silicon valley's favorite mad philosopher recommend to all the deluded fucks. I wonder when the corpo wars will start in earnest.

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@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-04-23 21:05

@marijn Dystopia, ecocide & perhaps a revolution

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@rpardee@hachyderm.io 2026-04-23 22:47

@marijn what really breaks my heart is imagining if all that capital had been devoted to converting to renewable energy...

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@greensofshade@mastodon.social 2026-04-24 02:27

@marijn and they already moved on to the next siht https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ItmnR9r_g

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@urlyman@mastodon.social 2026-04-24 07:02

@marijn The MO generates clowns https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/116430466415714704

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