• Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Nobody with all the money is going to willingly make money irrelevant, unless they can preserve their power in some other fashion.

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      10 months ago

      “Societal and technological advancements need to go hand in hand”

      • Kelly from The Orville

      I think computers are a good [current] example of when tech got ahead of society. Especially the Internet but moreso the ability to make complex systems that don’t require as much direct human interaction.

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    10 months ago

    “It’s much harder to grow vegetables in your backyard, but some people still do it because they like growing vegetables,” Musk added.

    The world’s richest man, ladies and gentlemen.

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      That is so right up there with some of the scummiest things CEOs have ever said.

      The Heinz CEO tells us to “get used to it” about inflation.

      And then Nestle over there, saying about how water is not a human right.

      These rich fuckheads totally operate on a different world than our own.

  • Quazatron@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Excellent. I’ll text you my IBAN so you can transfer me some of your irrelevant money.

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    10 months ago

    This guy was going to put a man on Mars by 2015 and make the hyperloop the next big thing; with the latter, he prevented investment in trains in the USA. After hearing this, I can only recommend that you join a union; you’re going to need it.

  • HarmlessCake@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 months ago

    So communism? I assume the richest man in the world has no interest in the money going worthless. Only talk promising impossible things to leave the AI bubble alive

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    10 months ago

    Fuck that guy for saying that. Just asked for 1trillion dollars at Tesla, and now he wants to sell you a dream that money is irrelevant.

    Money is his only power. No way.

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    10 months ago

    We need a New New Deal to get anywhere near that. First we’re going to experience mass unemployment for about a year. Then after people have been severely pissed off with no opportunities for a couple months, then things will actually start changing.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    He’s gotta get a trillion dollars no matter what, but believe him when he said it will totally be irrelevant.