| ▲ | mdale 7 hours ago | |
Literal money transfer is not the point. It's about power and concentration of it to insulate future consolidation of power. Money is made up system to provide a relatively stable society; if that stops working it's not good; violence becomes what's left. Maria Sam Antoinette and brethren saying let them eat cake (or everyone will just build new things with (our) AI) without a sense of what is happening / about to happen to the broader populous is on a similar track. The "billionaires" should use their influence to help with this transition invest figuring out how these new system will work. No one should care if that means more "millionaires" vs less billionaires these numbers as social constructs; the point is power and self determination. History shows lacking that for too many will breakdown to broad violence and or dystopic robot overloads guarding a diminishing small and isolated elite. The time to course correct is now. | ||