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[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I give it 2 years depending on if he wants to keep his job or not and how little he thinks his soul is worth

[–] Duamerthrax 12 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

He's long, long past any sentimentality about his "soul". Musk is insane, but Zuckerberg is calculating. He wouldn't show up on stage doing a salute unless he knows he stands to gain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

There's some thriller book around the collapse of the US power grid that had a Zuck in it, he pre-replaced all his teeth with ceramic (I think?) so he'd never need a dentist. Had a bunker built off-book twice underground with food, supplies, security.

I assume this Zuck is that Zuck (6 months from now, with our current timeline speed.)

That Zuck died pretty quick, hilariously. Terrible people never win in the end, and they're always alone.

It's not because a fiction book on the human condition is right, it's because when it comes right down to it, survival of the fittest kicks in, and no being in the universe would pick a piece of garbage as the winning choice.

The mistake these oligarchs always make, is that they think the "alpha male" in a pack chose his role because he was greedy and powerful. In reality, the alpha male was chosen by the pack, because he was the best chance of the pack's survival.

[–] captainlezbian 1 points 2 hours ago

I think a lot ot these tech bros bear a great irony to the concept of survival of the fittest. They were absolutely the fittest to a period of the early 21st century where a middle class kid with enough brains and work ethic in the right place with the right idea and no ethics or hesitation could become incredibly wealthy and powerful. But they created a collapse or merely drastically amplified one that was coming instead of trying to prevent it. Or maybe even they are trying, but the traits that allowed them to rise to power made them unable to actually help.

But regardless, they cannot function in lean times. They're the socioeconomic equivalent to hypercarnivores. It's a great position when times are good for it, but it's not a stable one. In lean times the fittest species are often small omnivorous scavengers who don't use too much energy to sustain themselves

[–] Wogi 1 points 3 hours ago

Ceramic teeth don't prevent gum disease...

[–] Duamerthrax 2 points 8 hours ago

These people need the libertarian myth of the alpha male/ubermensch because otherwise, they'd have to face the fact the their success is really from inheritance and luck. Hard work and intelligence doesn't take you very far when, statistically, your boss is a sociopath.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Exactly. I'm saying if Trump makes the guy and the other billionaires do it and he wants to keep his job, he might do it.