Modern oligarchs like Musk, Bezos, Gates, and Zuckerberg are exactly like medieval lords. The top 1% controls all resources, and it is almost impossible to buy an apartment today. We own nothing and just pay rent or subscribe to their platforms. These billionaires have total power to fire thousands of workers anytime and buy politicians for their own interest. They say they work for humanity, but it is just fake marketing. For example, they are silent on wars in Palestine and Ukraine. Majority of ordinary people and developers are too naive. They believe these lies and fail to see the real system
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And when you suddenly have time, real, unstructured time, you start asking questions that never quite fit into sprint planning or quarterly OKRs.
I stopped working like >20yrs ago and did ask a lot of questions since then. I saw where this all will go to, and now we’re there, even worse than imagined. Made me a bitter old fart.
And those medieval lords were nowhere near what we have today. Not even near the ballpark. They were rich beyond imagination for the average Joe, but today’s billionaires are so vastly further away. They’ve grown so mighty, there is nothing left to do against. The systems are hardened against any resistance and there isn’t even one.
As long as the lower class is kept on their toes and always enjoy the presence of multiple swords of Damokles next to the constant existential dread, it will stay like this. The masses couldn’t even connect as they all use tools that are under big tech control. And it won’t get better. The more people work, the less they (have time to) question things. And they all just do whatever the others are doing. And those do what the media tells them.
My point? I don’t know. It all sucks and, beside motivated speeches and opinions, we don’t have the means to fight back.
And if I wouldn’t drown in money and time, I probably wouldn’t even have written this or ever thought about it, and would just use WhatsApp on my crapple or google phone, get from my leased apartment I could never buy, into my leased, remote-controlled, car to get to a work I dread and never earn a worthy amount until I die and my family couldn’t even cash up my funeral without debt.
car to get to a work I dread and never earn a worthy amount until I die and my family couldn’t even cash up my funeral without debt.
Oligarchs are experts to exploit human nature, that is why everbody must be skeptical and against unlimited power. eg: Dictator erdogan.
Dictator erdogan has made his men and relatives rich,while people like me suffer. those who support this dictator also endure hardships but continue to support him because there are naive and easily led. people should not underestimate the threat of bigots. they are a danger to humanity and the best tools of oligarchs
Being against it and being sceptical about it means nothing, if no action follows. And we are basically robbed of any means of reacting. What would you want to do? Stop renting/leasing? stop working? stop consuming? Not use a smartphone anymore? To the vast majority of people that probably isn’t an option :-(
