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orthoclad

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8. In the West, greedy con artists

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 10:45 PM

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like Zuck and Musk and Bezos.
Capitalism promotes psychopaths to the top. They maximize profit.
Thieves are promoting AI in the West. Property, human rights, and consequences be damned: just show that quarterly profit.
Autonomous killers? Check. No worse than self-driving cars. Biggest profits are from Pentagon largesse, the biggest spigot in the world.
Creative effort? The sum total of human endeavor through history is skimmed and stolen.
Social stability? Don't make HAL laugh.
Human welfare? Only certain humans: the psychopaths on top.

The Apple won't fall far.

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