Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOR4wuiPeEQ

TLDR: Hank Green independently discovers “Techno-Feudalism” and says he has not heard anyone else talking about this. Get Yanis Varoufakis on the phone with this liberal NOW!

  • D61 [any]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    That’s oligarchy capitalism. And you could do that in a communist system.

    made-it-the-fuck-up If there’s oligarchs, then we can safely assume that the system they exist in isn’t a communist one.

      • TreadOnMe [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        4 months ago

        No no don’t you understand? He’s so smart because he has hyperfixations, but is able to channel them in a healthy way that isn’t just uncritically repeating the last ‘fact’ he read about and never questioning where that information and definition comes from.

        And since he is rewarded well for it, the system can’t be that bad, right? Right?