I’m not a billionaire and I don’t study that species or it’s habitat closely, but from my limited knowledge they don’t really make their money off the consumer anymore. It’s more that they invest in the stock market which seems to be mostly disconnected from the larger economy. They also seem to get a lot of money via the Governments of the world.
So why would they care if most of the peons lose their job? Even if the unwashed masses revolt they have bunkers and the ability to move anywhere quickly. They don’t give a fuck. But I do think they need a few slaves workers to support them and their needs, but beyond that …
They think there will be a permanent underclass and overclass who will live in different cities and by different rules. These cities will be run by companies and not governments. It’s corporate feudalism. They know the system of government they want, they don’t really care whether it works economically or socially or militarily (like hey what happens when sector 6 decides to invade sector 5). It’s a fantasy about controlling people and being in power. Nobody has thought anything else through and they think it will take some kind of armageddon event to restructure everything in the world. It’s a doomsday cult and most of them are using some sort of insane cocktail of drugs that make them paranoid and surround themselves with yes men and security so they have no idea how they are viewed and whether what they are doing even sounds plausible, much less smart. They think that because they made a bunch of money through tech unicorns that they deserve control of everything. Like they are now royalty.
Yeah, they really just want to go back to the feudal era. They don’t actually care if most of the world collapses or even if most modern technology and infrastructure collapses. They all think that they’d be better off as some sort of post apocalyptic warlord ruling over a handful of mud huts or something.
If the world collapses, do you think a couple of meatheads with guns and poasibly families of their own are going to keepntaking orders and protecting these jokers? Especially when money becomes meaningless but a bunker of food and supplies isn’t?
Those security groups, at best, will remain loyal to each other, as they take over the bunkers.
Hopefully instead of outright ending their former bosses they throw the rest of us peons a bone and throw those ex billionaires out the airlock to the rest of us.
I say ex billionaires becsuse when everything collapses and money is meaningless well, a billion dollars may as well be 10 dollars.
I’m not a billionaire and I don’t study that species or it’s habitat closely, but from my limited knowledge they don’t really make their money off the consumer anymore. It’s more that they invest in the stock market which seems to be mostly disconnected from the larger economy. They also seem to get a lot of money via the Governments of the world.
So why would they care if most of the peons lose their job? Even if the unwashed masses revolt they have bunkers and the ability to move anywhere quickly. They don’t give a fuck. But I do think they need a few
slavesworkers to support them and their needs, but beyond that …They think there will be a permanent underclass and overclass who will live in different cities and by different rules. These cities will be run by companies and not governments. It’s corporate feudalism. They know the system of government they want, they don’t really care whether it works economically or socially or militarily (like hey what happens when sector 6 decides to invade sector 5). It’s a fantasy about controlling people and being in power. Nobody has thought anything else through and they think it will take some kind of armageddon event to restructure everything in the world. It’s a doomsday cult and most of them are using some sort of insane cocktail of drugs that make them paranoid and surround themselves with yes men and security so they have no idea how they are viewed and whether what they are doing even sounds plausible, much less smart. They think that because they made a bunch of money through tech unicorns that they deserve control of everything. Like they are now royalty.
I think it’s unhealthy to live so devoid of consequences the way these billionaires do. You could go as far as to call it mass psychosis.
Lot’s of drug induced paranoia.
Yeah, they really just want to go back to the feudal era. They don’t actually care if most of the world collapses or even if most modern technology and infrastructure collapses. They all think that they’d be better off as some sort of post apocalyptic warlord ruling over a handful of mud huts or something.
Fuk man, feels like we should just jump back to barter at this point. The moneys it’s own worst enemy
The stock market is not disconnected from the economy.
If no one has any money to buy things then. Corporations that sell things don’t have any value.
You’re right fundamentally, but I also share OP’s frustration in this concept that, especially with tech, it all just seems based on vibes now.
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Their security people are just people too.
If the world collapses, do you think a couple of meatheads with guns and poasibly families of their own are going to keepntaking orders and protecting these jokers? Especially when money becomes meaningless but a bunker of food and supplies isn’t?
Those security groups, at best, will remain loyal to each other, as they take over the bunkers.
Hopefully instead of outright ending their former bosses they throw the rest of us peons a bone and throw those ex billionaires out the airlock to the rest of us.
I say ex billionaires becsuse when everything collapses and money is meaningless well, a billion dollars may as well be 10 dollars.