> or those with the resources to buy might

This feels a bit like those rich survivalists who think they are going to fix bomb-collars to their bodyguards to ensure loyalty in the apocalypse... stock certificates aren't worth a whole lot in a world where the rule of law has broken down

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ygjb 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I said resources not money. Charisma, religion and promoting hate have empowered just as many psychopaths in history as wealth.

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swiftcoder 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, right, but I'm not sure the tech elites actually own much in the way of resources in that sense. Is the Apple fandom strong enough to get Tim Cook his own private army of zealots when society breaks down?

	▲	t-3 an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Is the Apple fandom strong enough to get Tim Cook his own private army of zealots when society breaks down? Not when he has to compete for them with Zombie Steve.
	▲	j16sdiz 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Tim Cook might be not. One of the AI companies might. Imagine what one could do with an infinite Charisma, propaganda generating machine.
	▲	danans 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Is the Apple fandom strong enough to get Tim Cook his own private army of zealots when society breaks down? Society won't break down (in the chaos sense) and resources will still be allocated. Power abhors a vacuum as they say. It's just that resources and power will controlled and distributed in an openly feudal way. Technology's egalitarian objectives will be replaced by overtly oligarchic ones. Tech fandom will be replaced with other identities constructed to gain access to real resources owned and controlled by the few.