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The World Economic Forum is famous for saying people will own nothing by 2030 and be happy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_happy http

The World Economic Forum is famous for saying people will own nothing by 2030 and be happy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_happy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_ha...

Nursie 10mo ago
The essay was a thought experiment based around the popularity of the so-called "sharing economy" at the time, not a WEF strategy document and certainly no government's policy. Even the author of the piece said it was not a description of her vision of the future, but intended to start a discussion about technology. But it's been picked up by wackaloons around the world as part of some overarching conspiracy theory.
- chii 10mo ago
  > overarching conspiracy theory. it's because it's so easy to simply blame the ills of society on some illusory few pulling the strings behind the scenes. It used to be the migrants, or blacks, or the chinese (still is apparently) or the japanese...and now, it's the rich/shadowy figures etc. The actual truth is that the collective actions of everybody leads to certain outcomes - today's outcomes. It can't really have happened any other way.
  - torginus 10mo ago
    But it's literally true? Please don't dilute the argument by comparing racial groups with the ultra-rich. The (ultra-)rich form a class in the classical Marxist sense - a group whose interests naturally align, and they work together to further their interests. There is deliberate government policy behind what's going on with housing - free money for the rich, which they can in turn invest into speculative assets to make yet even more free money. Then they ensure that their money has weight by putting said money into housing, pricing out common folk, and building new units to serve as price control to preserve the value of their assets.
ryandrake 10mo ago
Then it's a good thing that the World Economic Forum are not government and do not have lawmaking powers. It's essentially a lobbying firm. I wouldn't worry too much about random slop they publish.
- sph 10mo ago
  That phrase was an essay from a Danish Social Democrat, the exact same party that has been pushing very hard for Chat Control in Europe. It’s not a lobbying firm, it’s the same people that make our laws and decide our future. By the way, the full title of that essay is “Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better”
  - motbus3 10mo ago
    https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1981i3j/ubisoft_get_comfortable_with_not_owning_games/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1981i3j/ubisoft_get... The strategy is everywhere now. You buy but buy doesnt mean you own. How did that happen?

Nursie 10mo ago

The essay was a thought experiment based around the popularity of the so-called "sharing economy" at the time, not a WEF strategy document and certainly no government's policy. Even the author of the piece said it was not a description of her vision of the future, but intended to start a discussion about technology. But it's been picked up by wackaloons around the world as part of some overarching conspiracy theory.

chii 10mo ago
> overarching conspiracy theory. it's because it's so easy to simply blame the ills of society on some illusory few pulling the strings behind the scenes. It used to be the migrants, or blacks, or the chinese (still is apparently) or the japanese...and now, it's the rich/shadowy figures etc. The actual truth is that the collective actions of everybody leads to certain outcomes - today's outcomes. It can't really have happened any other way.
- torginus 10mo ago
  But it's literally true? Please don't dilute the argument by comparing racial groups with the ultra-rich. The (ultra-)rich form a class in the classical Marxist sense - a group whose interests naturally align, and they work together to further their interests. There is deliberate government policy behind what's going on with housing - free money for the rich, which they can in turn invest into speculative assets to make yet even more free money. Then they ensure that their money has weight by putting said money into housing, pricing out common folk, and building new units to serve as price control to preserve the value of their assets.

ryandrake 10mo ago

Then it's a good thing that the World Economic Forum are not government and do not have lawmaking powers. It's essentially a lobbying firm. I wouldn't worry too much about random slop they publish.

sph 10mo ago
That phrase was an essay from a Danish Social Democrat, the exact same party that has been pushing very hard for Chat Control in Europe. It’s not a lobbying firm, it’s the same people that make our laws and decide our future. By the way, the full title of that essay is “Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better”
- motbus3 10mo ago
  https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1981i3j/ubisoft_get_comfortable_with_not_owning_games/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1981i3j/ubisoft_get... The strategy is everywhere now. You buy but buy doesnt mean you own. How did that happen?