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Which one will make rich people more powerful in the short term? That's our future.

only if the rest of us do nothing and let them remake the world. It seems likely since the rest of us seem to be disconnected socially which makes any collective action more difficult. Its almost as if the fake "social" media was meant to starve the world of meaningful connection that could lead to sustainable action.

So, barring any sort of collective action, which seems impossible as you state, what other actions do you suggest? It seems the peaceful avenues of resolution have been captured by lobbyists, billionaires, arbitration forums, etc. What is left?

I don't condone mob justice (for legal purposes), but I imagine we will see more Luigis and fewer rights in the next 20 years.

Hopefully some Mario's will also step in and plumb a better solution together than murder and violence.

Ask Bernie and AOC how that’s going

History would say otherwise.

Vigilantism and lone wolf actions seem to be what's left.

Between the attempted assassination of Trump this past election cycle, and the successful assassination of the United Healthcare CEO, those in power have to contend with the unpredictability and impossible to monitor thoughts and behaviors that have now been entirely internalized (through their own actions).

This is not everybody's (all over the world I mean) experience over last 50 years. In some places, poor people become much richer than before.

Now, everybody should be worried if this can't happen anymore, but I think that, for now, there are still options for people (ok, if you don't live in a state like North Korea, but they are probably more the exception than the rule).

there are two parts to the last 50 years. before the Berlin wall (including the two decade after), and after that. once the threat of communist revolution was solved, Western oligarchs and eastern ones were no longer that different.

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