DigitalDidgeridoo

The year is 2060. Half the planet is desert, hundreds of millions are dead from water wars, ecosystem collapse, and the resulting famines. The people are forced to gamble on polymarket over how many people the secret police will execute that day just to get by.

“B-but…” The liberal says. “Capitalism is the best system we have! The poor people have iphones! Our ancestors couldn’t have dreamed of this! This isn’t real Capitalism, it’s Corporatism! If we just regulate-” Their neuralink implant detects detects a dissident thought, so it explodes, killing them instantly.

At least I was a reasonable, respectable moderate, they think to themselves during their final moments.

I really did think this was an onion headline at first. This is a better anti-drug PSA than anything DARE did, since this guy clearly has stimulant abuse-induced brain damage.

B-but they arrest billionaires sometimes and have social welfare! That’s what communism is, right?

Good. I think we need more grassroots workers’ organization, especially in the gaming industry.

Amazing. I remember like 10 years ago people were warning about the massive amounts of data collected on us could potentially be used against us during an authoritarian takeover. But I guess only paranoid weirdos care about their right to privacy.

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Pretty fitting that there’s a typo, since it really drives home how little corporations give a shit.

What’s the flag on the left?

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I’ve only been on the fediverse for a total of like 10 minutes, but it seems so far like a perfectly viable alternative to big tech’s data collection schemes disguised as websites.