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by justsaysmthng
3645 days ago
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Large layers of society unhappy and frustrated, become easy prey for radical ideas disseminated by populist politicians. When this reaches a critical mass, it becomes less risky to take up arms and eliminate the oppressors in exchange for the promise of better life. Ends in revolution and war. The upper echelons of the revolutionary class become the new upper class, while the lower classes get the same or even worse of a deal dressed up in propaganda. Adapted from "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism" by Emmanuel Goldstein. |
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If you have a lot of poor people revolting against a small class of wealthy people (human vs human), then the poor are bound to win - But if wealthy people have an army of machines, weapons and powerful media propaganda channels at their disposal, then the poor masses would be completely powerless.
I can see the following scenarios for the future of humanity:
1. The rich own effectively everything and their media propaganda machine becomes so good that the poor masses are completely oblivious as to what is happening. When machines become good enough to replace humans, the poor class will cease to become a productive asset for the wealthy; the poor will become a liability. At this point the rich will leverage their monopoly over the media to initiate a propaganda program to bring the poor class to a slow, merciful self-extinction.
2. The rich own almost everything but because of the internet and decentralized media sources which have remained outside of their control, their media propaganda machine is not effective enough to give them full control over the masses. When the poor cease to be assets for the wealthy, the wealthy will begin to implement various complex strategies to bring the poor masses to extinction - Because of decentralized media and high standards of education among the poor, the poor will become increasingly aware of what is happening and initiate a revolution. In response, the rich will swiftly deploy an army of killer drones and exterminate the poor.
3. The rich own effectively everything. When machines/robots become good enough to replace humans, the rich will see no point in hoarding the enormous amount of free wealth created by these robots and will share all economic proceeds equally amongst the masses. In this scenario, everyone lives happily ever after... Until robots take over and bring us all to extinction.