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yuugecrowds [S] 40 points ago +40 / -0

The problem for them comes when regular people realize that their "so big they can only fail" institutions aren't that hard to understand. Trade secrets are only trade secrets if you convince everyone they are too dumb to understand what the elite are up to.

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VA_MAGApede 43 points ago +43 / -0

I don’t think there is anything “ elite” about our so called elites. With insider knowledge, government bailouts, and the Federal Reserve as a backstop anyone could make money.

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VA_MAGApede 32 points ago +32 / -0

It’s also why they hate competition, so actively support regulations since they have captured the regulators.

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yuugecrowds [S] 12 points ago +12 / -0

Very good point.

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this_mortal_coil 5 points ago +5 / -0

It's just a repackaged aristocracy. It's still the same families, the same corporations under different flags, the same interests that have been there from the beginning. The structure still funnels money to the top and we are well-entertained slaves. It makes us more productive. Sure they can put up avatars and the fantasy that those avatars represent you and blast you with enough propaganda so you believe it and are compliant. Now with AI coming online, they don't need our productivity. They will have systems in place where the "useless eaters" are obsolete.