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In the times of the French Revolution that was enough, but I think technology is obsoleting us there too. If evil oligarch can make a bunker and ten million $10

In the times of the French Revolution that was enough, but I think technology is obsoleting us there too. If evil oligarch can make a bunker and ten million $100 kill bots, I don’t think the people are rising up unless existence is worse than death, and even then they might not win.

kubb 11mo ago
Back to feudalism, huh?
- Gud 11mo ago
  No, survival of the fittest. In this case, the people whose ancestors were better at hogging resources.
  - kubb 11mo ago
    Survival of the shittiest?
    - ryandrake 11mo ago
      Most of human history has been Survival of the Shittiest.
mackeye 11mo ago
colonial revolutions tended to be fought by those for whom death was preferable to existence. i don't disagree that, in this age, the chance of success is slimmer, and will continue to shrink as such --- there's probably some critical mass of capital fortification which is unpenetrable without worker leverage