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Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism (thepoint.com.au)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A new form of capital is ascending: cloud capital—networked algorithmic machines that grant their owners remarkable powers to modify our behaviour. And just as financiers needed neoliberalism, today’s tech lords need a new ideology to legitimise their rule. I call it techlordism.

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[–] 28 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Not once they have private armies of killer robots.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    "We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, they were dependent on solar power. It was believed they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun."

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    And their workers outfitted with kill switches. Probably their stupid phones first, later collars that can deliver paid or death remotely. Dark shit.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    We can already see how this will work out. They get you trapped in their walled garden kingdom.

    If you get banned from their services and you can't access your files, make payments, login to your phone or computer, start your car, etcetcetc.

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