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If Stalin or Mao didn't need people I'd wager the common man would be worse off. If they didn't have the labor camps they probably would've just directly executed anyone who would've gone.

> or a revolution that ends capitalism

Which is why companies like Anduril are flooring the accelerator on autonomous defense tech. I've wondered lately if Anduril is a product of Thiel once again playing 4D chess. It's not hard to see where this is all headed.

Yeah, my gut feeling is the rich see the writing on the wall. If they can keep a grip on things for a couple more decades then they can just replace all the poors with robots and either stick us all in UBI slums or find a more final solution.

Most of the rich is 80. They don't have a plan to get out of this, because they expect to be dead.

Some are trying to become immortals... :o)

They will try UBI with the new CBDC, if that fails then countries could see civil wars.