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Why there are no warlords in anarcho-capitalism.
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this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2024
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your brain on utopianism
The utopia:
every company is in a mexican standoff with every other company
This doesn't even seem that utopian. They openly describe a hell hole but apparently they think it'd be great!
Neal Stephenson and his consequences.
For all his failings, I don't think Stephenson was actually thinking that anyone would look at Snow Crash and say "yes please, that's my ideal world."
It's not just snowcrash though, it's most of his books. He creates these incredibly accurate pictures of a dystopian future, but doesn't seem to see anything really wrong with them. They're just fun backdrops for his protagonists. He's Marge going, "I just think they're neat."
I don't know, I've definitely always read his earlier stuff as critical of libertarian / California Ideology social ideas. I just think he's gone deep up his own ass as he's aged. That might be me projecting my own positions onto the work, though.
becoming so close to Jeff Bezos probably didn't help
I don't imagine it ever does.