Yeah, I don’t know why people think Israel would tolerate a democratic country that threatens their military dominance. An unsanctioned, democratic Iran with 90M people would undoubtedly develop more weapons and be able to sustain a much more significant armed conflict than the Islamic Republic. Such a country becoming a serious threat to Israel would be only a matter of electing the “wrong” government. Why wouldn’t they preemptively hit just like they did now?
The market seems to be betting that it’s not happening.
I understand completely what you’re saying and I have considered it. I just don’t believe we’ll ever get to the point where a fully automated system produces all necessary goods for high standard of living without human labour required. Worse, even if we get to the point where significantly less labour is required, history informs us that the unemployed would very likely revolt and take power through violence. Especially because we won’t be able to go from the status quo to a state where we neutralize revolting people automatically in a short enough time frame for people to be caught by surprise and unable to revolt. Not to mention that a part of such a revolt would likely include the stoppage of work by people who work on, maintain and operate the automation. I think the most likely scenario as we go down this path would be the formation of militant labour unions that take power back from the rich and steer automation into producing for the majority. Whether we go away from capitalism through this change or reshape it, I don’t have a guess.
The rich are only rich because the money they possess can be exchanged directly or indirectly for people’s labour. Without it, the money is valueless and the rich cease to be. It’s also one reason why labour strikes are so effective and the rich have had to create militias to prevent them.
It begs questions that have only bad answers.
Plot twist: board replaces the whole exec layer with CEO AI, keeps the difference, gives nothing to the employees, line goes up, employees now threatened both at the top and the bottom of the ladder, work-work!
It happened slowly over time. 🥲
Is this real? The article gives no concrete details.
Jesus fucking Christ
100%. I’m Canadian and I’d really likr to have some nukes right now.
I’ve no idea to be honest.
Yes, and the workers risk nothing, or something like that, I’m told. 😂
Start company.
Run it into the ground.
Go bankrupt.
Buy it back.
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Horrifying. Is there any obvious solution being discussed in your circles?
If they hadn’t destroyed some portion of Iran’s ballistic missiles, it could have been much worse and really deter future FA. Now I’m not sure if the FO would be enough to do that. When I say enough, I mean destroy enough of Israel’s air force infrastructure so that their bombing capabilities are severely diminished. Not flattening residential buildings.
Which on the whole I think is a good thing since we’ve seen that significant instability often affects most of us.
a near 50% increase in three months.
This makes sense. I recall thinking after Israel’s previous attack and dismantling Hezbollah that if I were the Ayatollah, I’d now be going full speed towards a nuclear weapon test, as that’s the only thing that can secure my regime’s survival and by extension the stability of the country (in whatever state it exists). After the last attack, that pressure is that much higher.
Bibi told the Iranian people to rise up against their government, and I…agreed with him?
Well, consider how similar regime changes have gone in recent history. Instability, failed states, mass terrorist organization. It’s not impossible to get a better outcome if Iran’s regime is overthrown, but odds aren’t on their side. And then you have the actions of Bibi when this sort of thing happened in Syria - taking territory, bombing them, despite their pleadings for peace. None of this is good for getting a stable democratic governance as societies under threat go authoritarian to be able to act more quickly and efficiently in order to protect themselves. So while on the surface you might agree with Bibi, if you think about what that actually means, Bibi might want something else than that. Another failed state they can bomb if they feel any threat without repercussions because “terrorism” could be a lesser threat than a democratic economic and inevitably military power with much larger population that can wipe Israel if attacked.
Are they going to find a dead whistleblower? 😄
Putin really shat the bed with the special military operation, didn’t he. By expending so many people and resources in Ukraine, he lost the ability to plausibly support his allies in the Middle East against attacks from Israel and the US. Had he not entered Ukraine, I don’t think Israel would have struck Iran like they did.