Those acting with impunity are confident that their powers or god-like because they appear so in the human realm. But there are limits to everything in the human realm.
"legitimacy of the state"? That "legitimacy" is entirely based on civic myths and illusions/delusions. Not to mention fear. All carefully crafted and reinforced to prevent people from asking basic questions. One; why should the state be able to take what is yours? Taxation is theft. What is wrong for one person to do (steal) is wrong for ten or 300 million people to do or delegate.
If you own yourself, why can the State conscript(enslave) you to fight its wars? Yes, I know that they ended conscription. The blow back was starting to threaten their wars. But they still keep it as an option. This book explores many of the basic questions.
The best way for me to understand the present time is "The Greek Battle of the Gods".
We are in a time where our elites are fighting it out. You know George Soros vs Elon Musk. We are just the pawns in their great game as they fight to be Zeus.
Ultimately, this is how they view the world, as for them AI is just a weapon to be used, like Thor's Hammer. So who is going to be the winner in this great drama, Putin or Bibi? Peter Thiel or Jeff Bezos? Who are you supporting in the Hunger Games this year?
the power of TPTB literally requires an energy source, which in IC is mainly FF.
as surplus energy declines to near zero by the end of this century, IC will end, because surplus energy dominates the world.
TPTB of the future will be like those of 500 years ago.
meanwhile things will not change for the better.
que sera sera.
"legitimacy of the state"? That "legitimacy" is entirely based on civic myths and illusions/delusions. Not to mention fear. All carefully crafted and reinforced to prevent people from asking basic questions. One; why should the state be able to take what is yours? Taxation is theft. What is wrong for one person to do (steal) is wrong for ten or 300 million people to do or delegate.
If you own yourself, why can the State conscript(enslave) you to fight its wars? Yes, I know that they ended conscription. The blow back was starting to threaten their wars. But they still keep it as an option. This book explores many of the basic questions.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10836816-the-most-dangerous-superstition
The best way for me to understand the present time is "The Greek Battle of the Gods".
We are in a time where our elites are fighting it out. You know George Soros vs Elon Musk. We are just the pawns in their great game as they fight to be Zeus.
Ultimately, this is how they view the world, as for them AI is just a weapon to be used, like Thor's Hammer. So who is going to be the winner in this great drama, Putin or Bibi? Peter Thiel or Jeff Bezos? Who are you supporting in the Hunger Games this year?