Fascism is just step one to returning to feudalism.

After leaving the hunter gatherer societies, most of humanities time has been spent not being “free”

At least as many believe the bullshit that it will replace all our jobs and therefore we won’t have to work anymore.

I work with a lot of people that are a lot less software tech savvy than a below average Lemmy user. Their thought scare me. I spend a lot of time educating them, trying not to be holier than them and all that bullshit.

It’s easy to think that your thoughts and those of people that surround you are the “mainstream”.

We all exist in our own little bubble worlds. It takes a lot more work than you think to even begin to understand a majority of people.

I hate to disappoint you, but there are a lot of clueless adults who lap up all kinds of surveillance tech.

Don’t bring your phone to protest…

People who use “AI” a lot at work are going to be the first people replaced by “AI”

Cops actually slow people down, speed cameras don’t.

So British Petroleum is gonna stick to Petroleum? Huh who would have thought…

As to your point A, I think you confusion comes from thinking the system is still working, there was no research, they just had to wait enough time for the bank transfers to finalize.