Post #4055171
2026-07-24 05:39 UTC
"Work", to them, is two things, two contradictory things but never mind that. The #tech barons and #finance scammers and #crypto addicts all think that whatever they're doing is "hard work" of course and it must be exhausting in that sickish dissatisfying way in which idle pursuits can still deplete a person, particularly if they're inclined to anger and impatience. As ALL of these people are. And they think of "the working class" in terms of soldiers and cops mostly and a few idealized trades like oil-drilling and ranching.
Clerks in shops aren't workers of course. Government clerks are mere leeches to them no matter what vital service they provide.
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@mxchara@seattle.pink 2026-07-24 05:43
The one ambition that any of the techlords have that can be construed as aspirational is #space but I've already gone into how grim is their notion of space colonization and resource-extraction. It slots right into their notion of eternal wars over space empires: the only possible way they can keep their war machine churning over the long haul is by pushing off Earth. They're getting extremely antsy about this and they must have a lot of dismal economic forecasts coming in from their pet intellectuals. The "population crisis" chatter hints at the problems they want solved double-quick. (cont'd)