I’m sorry but this is something so american to say 🤭
"manifest destiny", tons of propaganda, consumerism and utter bullshit from their upper classes have been ruining 'muricans brains for decades, that's why the average joe spout that kind of shitty spiel acritically everywhere they go
The problem with new technology, both now and then, it’s that the ownership of the means of production always becomes concentrated in the hands of a small class of people who have no interest in sharing their wealth.
Yes, I'm aware. And that's precisely capitalism's heart, which means that to change that we'd need to topple capitalism itself.
One of the truest things I know about AI is: "we're nowhere near a place where bots can steal your job, we're certainly at the point where your boss can be suckered into firing you and replacing you with a bot that fails at doing your job"
We spent decades depicting science fiction AIs as the key to giving humanity true freedom from mandatory labor
Very few people benefit from automation and AI. Most of us will eventually be replaced by an IA and our only freedom will be to starve (or to rebel, who knows)
And the profits of exporting manufactured goods was used for strategic industries and infrastructure, unlike most colonial and neo-colonial experiences
that's because most colonial/neo-colonial experiences are about raw resources extrativism
where the profits are just pocketed by a national bourgeoisie.
"manifest destiny", tons of propaganda, consumerism and utter bullshit from their upper classes have been ruining 'muricans brains for decades, that's why the average joe spout that kind of shitty spiel acritically everywhere they go