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Tech Fascism Has Come for American Democracy

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  1. N_Lens · · focus · HN ↗
    People least suitable to wield power are most magnetically attracted to it.

    We are forever doomed to be ruled by those worse than us, for the simple reason that reasonable people don't seek power.

    1. nisegami · · focus · HN ↗
      The golden path I dream of has ASI replacing human-run governments
      1. blooalien · · focus · HN ↗
        > The golden path I dream of has ASI replacing human-run governments

        Fingers crossed, hoping for a genuinely benevolent ASI Overlord if we somehow find ourselves on that particular timeline (although, there's still a number of ways even that could go horribly awry).

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