That’s a capitalism weakness, not a human weakness though.
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kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks agoYes. Unfortunately, these systems are also a great gift for any upcoming fascist regime (like the Trump junta currently) which will not only happily continue using the existing infrastructure but also extend it like mad.
Maybe humanity’s greatest weaknesses overall: the lack of foresight and the lack of wisdom learned from historic precedents. Everything’s always about short-term goals, ignoring any long-term disadvantages. See also: climate disaster.
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
j4yt33@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Same thing
seekpie@lemmy.seekpie.nohost.me 3 weeks ago
Humans = capitalism ???
j4yt33@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
No but the comment above makes it sound like capitalism is some external, alien evil that has nothing to do with humans, even though it’s just greed
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Bet you $500 that the next democrat president won’t tear down the system and will in fact give even more contracts to Palantir & co.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Palantir have been with every president since it’s inception. I once searched palintir, lotr 10+years ago, it was already well established by then