I've been thinking about this thread (link goes to final post) and its idea of a "Capital Strike" a lot for the last couple weeks.
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@jenniferplusplus @ahoyboyhoy So as a note, and without specifically agreeing or disagreeing with anything in your thread:
A concept i've been working with for a while is that some of these startups— Uber, Spotify— are not "businesses". They're more like the economic version of *terraforming plants*. They're not intended to make money, or at least, not to make back the money they spent in being created. They are wealth being consumed in order to provoke a change in society which someone wanted.
@jenniferplusplus @ahoyboyhoy I believe if you go back and look at interviews where the Uber founders describe their thought process in creating the company, this example is unusually blatant.
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@jenniferplusplus @ahoyboyhoy I believe if you go back and look at interviews where the Uber founders describe their thought process in creating the company, this example is unusually blatant.
@mcc @ahoyboyhoy ah yes, colonizing. How did that word escape me?
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@mcc and even if the pension fund blows up the other major pension funds are doing the same thing so they can just blame "the macro environment" and demographics
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@rotopenguin @mcc that's the great thing about being a public sector pension fund, you're not the one that needs bailing out
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@jenniferplusplus @ahoyboyhoy So as a note, and without specifically agreeing or disagreeing with anything in your thread:
A concept i've been working with for a while is that some of these startups— Uber, Spotify— are not "businesses". They're more like the economic version of *terraforming plants*. They're not intended to make money, or at least, not to make back the money they spent in being created. They are wealth being consumed in order to provoke a change in society which someone wanted.
@mcc @jenniferplusplus @ahoyboyhoy Had a bit of an "you think that's air you're breathing?" reading this. That's such a good lens to view... *all this* via.
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@JohnSullivan @emaytch well, i'm convinced. where do i invest
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@mcc @jenniferplusplus @ahoyboyhoy Had a bit of an "you think that's air you're breathing?" reading this. That's such a good lens to view... *all this* via.
@tehstu @mcc @ahoyboyhoy
that's the only reason I bother shouting into the void. Sometimes the void hears it and goes "whoa" -
coup?
Rebellion?
Maybe hostage standoff?A strike is an extreme bargaining tactic, but it's still taken within the boundaries of a system. It's part of a demand for concessions. But they're not bargaining anymore. They're not satisfied with concessions. They're violently coercing our subservience.
@jenniferplusplus @ahoyboyhoy @mcc (hostile) takeover? Conquest, subjugation? Seizure? Capture?
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@jenniferplusplus @ahoyboyhoy @mcc (hostile) takeover? Conquest, subjugation? Seizure? Capture?
@jenniferplusplus
And, between the various threads I saw today, out of https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-colonization-of-confidence/ jumps at me "colonisation".
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@tehstu @mcc @ahoyboyhoy
that's the only reason I bother shouting into the void. Sometimes the void hears it and goes "whoa"@jenniferplusplus @tehstu @mcc @ahoyboyhoy
Shortly after reading this, I read this:
Sven A. Schmidt (@finestructure@mastodon.social)
Just read this, you can thank me later. https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/
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