Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoThe movement to ditch democracy in favour of start-up cities run by CEOswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkThe movement to ditch democracy in favour of start-up cities run by CEOswww.cbc.caQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s not a “movement”. That makes it sound like there are larger groups of proponents of this. It’s literally a few billionaire dickheads who think they are somehow special. That’s it.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s a ‘movement’ in the same sense as a bowel movement.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI’m sure there are more than just the billionaires (and centimillionaires) into this. This is like a redux of Ayn Rand’s “Going Galt” bullshit, and a lot of people adore her and her really shitty sci-fi and philosophy. If you read The Sovereign Individual, you can tell they are trying to make a pitch to the temporarily embarrassed millionaires, too.
It’s not a “movement”. That makes it sound like there are larger groups of proponents of this.
It’s literally a few billionaire dickheads who think they are somehow special. That’s it.
It’s a ‘movement’ in the same sense as a bowel movement.
I’m sure there are more than just the billionaires (and centimillionaires) into this.
This is like a redux of Ayn Rand’s “Going Galt” bullshit, and a lot of people adore her and her really shitty sci-fi and philosophy.
If you read The Sovereign Individual, you can tell they are trying to make a pitch to the temporarily embarrassed millionaires, too.