Not OP but my read is that at some point we just tax the fuck out of the tech gods who “win”, creating UBI for the rest
If the choice is between wealth inequality and market ineffeciencies, I'm going to threaten picking market ineffeciencies simply as bargaining leverage against wealth inequality. Like all go threats, I'd be willing to pull the trigger.
Sending empty planes in the air to keep take off slots is so efficient!
…Stop parroting memes of the ossified that fall apart with 10 seconds of discussion.
That's a happy ending, but who exactly how do "we" purchase the governments of the world back from the "tech gods" so that they can levy those taxes?
In Halloween terms, vampires have already been invited into our home.
(Possibly with the prospect of these rents increasingly replacing taxes, as traditional territorial hegemonies are losing legitimacy.)