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[–] 46 points 10 months ago (7 children)

The AI corps building the datacenters pretty much all have blank checks and want to be the biggest.

So the other corps that make chips, will always focus on what's most profitable, which is what the AI centers use.

For it to be "worth it" to produce any consumer level tech, they have to raise the price to justify not just making the AI chips

So it's not a conspiracy that's raising prices, it's capitalism working as intended, and to fix it would have to fix the focus on profits and replace it with fulfilling needs of the people. Which is pretty much the opposite of capitalism...

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Capitalism needs to be abolished its basically kill everyone if you can make money from it. Not like the parasites wouldnt genuinely risk everyones lives.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Capitalism is like any other vice.

    In moderation it's fine, often even beneficial.

    But if it's the sole focus you're fucked. We're not responsible cocaine users who want to stay up dancing every other weekend, we're full blown crackheads on capitalism.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Not at all when the bottom line replaces humanities interest the economy becomes a parasite to feed an endless endeavour at the sacrifice of everything around it.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    when the bottom line replaces humanities interest

    And there's room for some capitalism before that point...

    Like, UBI with stores where you pay for goods is still capitalism to some degree, if capital is involved at all, that's capitalism.

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