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3/ The #enshittification economy depends on oil that prods consumers to buy new, very often. What happens when the most corrupt industry on the planet decides an AI-surveillance platform & kill switches embedded in every device is what they need to keep their lock on power? This artificially amplified demand throws away perfectly adequate rare earth minerals & justifies wars to loot other nations' natural resources. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/europe/trump-lauder-ukraine-lithium.html https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-attract-179-million-u-s-investment-in-key-lithium-deposit/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shevchenko_deposit