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by porknubbins 84 days ago
If elites do not provide a social safety net why would the masses respect their elite status and resource endowments anyway?

Unless you are suggesting billionaires build private armies in some sort of neo feudalism, there are no elites who are not dependant on the existing social structure.

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Private companies literally are building drone armies right now. Are you sure their use will be limited to Ukraine and the Middle East?
Yeah that's why my argument is us proles cannot wait for rock bottom, we have to get these guys now