Surely this time we'll learn our lesson and disempower the parasites that create these situations, right? Right guys?
Just kidding.
Banks took the money the American people gave them, and they used it to pay themselves huge bonuses, and lobby the Congress to kill big reform. And then they blamed immigrants and poor people, and this time even teachers. And when all was said and done, only one single banker went to jail."
Edit: I see I'm not the first to quote The Big Short in reply - such a good movie (and book)!
In a similar vein with CAFE standards: why were those loop holes introduced? Lobbying by the auto industry.
The scapegoats for this plan never change and have never changed in human history.
Dying with dignity is never in the cards.
If it’s after the midterms, I’m doubtful. The AI leaders—apart from Dario—have gone particularly partisan. We also have a lot more post-crisis tooling that lets us wipe equity even when bailing out. See, for example, the ‘23 bank failures.
The took the antithesis of the “great man” theory and ended up believing in a nonsensical version of it - every great thing in the world was done by normal people working 9-5. This is a kind of crude Labour Theory Of Value.
So you see these kind of comments signalling hatred in an attempt to show solidarity. But ultimately it is simply a signalling thing, a way to LARP as an activist because what else might one do as a simple rank and file employee. One wants to have a greater purpose to life and being an activist is a path for it.