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I'm going on a tangent (and I'm not trying to troll, I am just as "guilty" as you myself. Worse, in all likelihood)... I really think that I'm seeing a lot more of "capitalism wants to" or, "globalists are going to" or the good old "the government believes." Abstract concepts personified, deified and vilainised in the way we talk. Im not against putting things into wider contexts but I do think that this sort of language is leading us astray, more this last year or two then the few before it. Capitalism, corporatism, neoliberalism and market forces are at play here, so is regulation, centralised decision making.... But, these are abstractions and I don't think they tell us more then the specific does. Let's not just blame whatever abstractions we are used to blaming. How about (1) people bullshit, especially when they're trying to sell you stuff (2) there may be an uncanny valley type of problem somewhere between cruise control and full autonomy, a level of automation that's not good. It's no longer a driving feature and it's not yet an automated driver (3) laws, driving conventions and common sense will take some time to adapt. (4) we need to make sure we don't let the well understood "people bullshit, especially when they're trying to sell you stuff", especially when their competitors are bullshitting problem lead us into car accidents. |
I was trying to make it clear that people involved here are often helpless due to the pressures inherent in capitalism. I think when you start accepting investments, then you are even more helpless. But one the other hand, it helps one to justify any "evil" by delegating the blame to the investors, and how "we" have to protect "their" interests, so "we" are forced to do this bad thing.
The investors are often completely oblivious to the fact, and they too are blameless. So where does the blame really lie?