Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Andeddu
From : Dennisk
Date : Wed Aug 19 2020 22:09:00

-=> Andeddu wrote to Dennisk <=-

 An>   Re: Re: Neuralink
 An>   By: Dennisk to Andeddu on Tue Aug 18 2020 09:02 pm

 > I think Musk is disconnected with reality to some degree, as is most of
 > Silicon Valley.  These people are the last people I would go to, to get
 > advice on where humanity should go.  Why would you think someone who lives
 > in a bubble, would understand how the world works?  These are business
 > people, and they have geared their knowledge towards their trade.
 >
 > What will replace our ideals?  I'm not sure, but we can see that populism is
 > a growing force, people are rejecting some ideals.  The EU is falling apart,
 > the TPP is dead, people are wanting less and less this future of global
 > hegemony.  We saw Brexit, and we will see soon, I think a move away from
 > "diversity" as an ideal.  We are halfway there, as this idea now smells of a
 > bad religion and is a source of conflict.  We will begin to realise that

 An> And why is populism, nationalism and anti-globalism so fiercely opposed
 An> by the media? Do you view Trump as someone railing against the global
 An> hegemony?

 An> I can't see anything but conflict in our immediate future. Politics (in
 An> the US in particular) has never been so toxic.

I think Trump partly is against the establishmnent, not because he's not part
of it, but because of conflict of interest.  He does seem to have a different
worldview.  As for the media, the media are part of an established ruling
"elite" (and I use the term "elite" loosely).  It was during the 2016 when the
mask came off, that even they admitted that there IS an establishment.  And
there is, you get into power by meeting a particular image, a particular way of
thinking, a particular mode of though and a particular ethical stance.  You can
see this in many parts of society.  "Professional" is another euphemism.  And
that particular class of people are failing to deliver.

Conflict is always in our future.  "Only the dead are safe; Only the dead have
seen the end of war", said George Santayana.

We are at this stage PRECISELY because the people who want to keep their power
(ie, the establishment), utterly failed.  The solution is most definately not
to keep the status quo, that will only make things work.  The riots and
division in Europe and problems with migration are due to this idiotic idea of
"open borders".  Diversity is THE reason we have more and more laws against
speech, why there is so much division between us.  Identity politics and
"socialism" is the reason for so much division.

It will take some turmoil to set things right, but its too late for any other
alternative.

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