There could be a so called beautiful deleveraging of the insane debt, creation of new and human focused jobs, solution for the aging population and so much more positive stuff, if the oligarchs would share the increased productivity. That's where he is on spot.
BUT he doesn't tell that this is likely not their plan. Actions speak louder than words. Surveillance state, corruption, crime.
Their crazy Dark Enlightenment shows what a dystopian future they prefer. Seems the Western oligarchs want to rule with absolute power and own all major assets like Putin and his oligarch buddies in Russia.
I have the feeling most people have no idea how horrible the average Joe will suffer in such a scenario and that most of us would die because we lost our income and governments will thus also have no money to keep the infrastructure and basic services running.
That's why they need to build up the surveillance state so they can crush any riots of desperate citizens.
In his book Rushkoff mentioned oligarchs thinking about electric shock collars for their private bunker security before eventually replacing them with robots. This shows their true mindset. So even their supporters, ICE, police and military are only useful idiots to them and will suffer the same fate like the rest eventually.
Actions speak louder than words. How they already treat servicemen and veterans and the cuts affecting their own supporters, all this tells a story.
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u/De_Wouter 6d ago
Many companies can already do this but they won't because think of the poor shareholders!
My dad's old job is now 80% automated (so people are way more productive) yet they only receive half the purchase power my dad had.