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Modern oligarchs like Musk, Bezos, Gates, and Zuckerberg are exactly like medieval lords. The top 1% controls all resources, and it is almost impossible to buy an apartment today. We own nothing and just pay rent or subscribe to their platforms. These billionaires have total power to fire thousands of workers anytime and buy politicians for their own interest. They say they work for humanity, but it is just fake marketing. For example, they are silent on wars in Palestine and Ukraine. Majority of ordinary people and developers are too naive. They believe these lies and fail to see the real system

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[–] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing. I liked this video quite a bit.

I do think some sort of feudalism is approaching, but I don't think it'll be quite as described (90% serfs and such).

I believe there is simply too much equality, right now, to the point that a lot of what could happen to lead to such a system won't happen for fear of immense social repercussions.

The Western world is still mostly democracies. People will vote for extremists in extreme situations, and extremists will act in extreme ways, including causing wars and destruction for a lot of people. Stability and normalcy won't be attained by techno-feudalism. It will be a constant fight. The middle-class is already too large to allow large swaths of itself to be reduced to serfs.

That being said, I don't necessarily doubt that it will continue to shrink, slowly, and that the lower class will continue to be squeezed for all they're worth.


Related: what "subscriptions" (recurring payments) do you pay for?

I pay rent (which includes water, internet, and light bills), a public transport pass (not strictly necessary, but it makes it more affordable), university tuition (PhD), and food. My parents actually cover my cheap phone plan (it's like 5€/month, I think). They also cover half my rent, because they have the money and insisted on it. They're both public school teachers, by the way, in case reading this you're thinking that I'm some sort of lordling.

[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I hope my assumptions are wrong. but I notice that compare to my family,my life quality decreased

[–] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

Well, I don't know your life, so I can't really say... If that is the case, however, that's truly a shame.

In my case, it's hard to say. At my age, my parents were living extremely frugally, though, admittedly, so am I. I have some better things lined up, though, working on my education and such... I hope to surpass my parents in terms of life quality, eventually.