• badgermurphy@lemmy.world
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        20 hours ago

        I think this super “government shouldn’t do basically anything” libertarianism that the tech bros are, as well as many of their acolytes and zealots, is actually really anarcho-syndicalism. That name sounds scary and radical though, so they call themselves something that sounds like liberty. In my country (USA), that word is really, really loaded beyond its dictionary meanings.

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          18 hours ago

          There’s not a single anarchist bone between Thiel, Karp, Nadella, Andreessen, etc.

          They still can only conceive of hierarchies, and how to use them to dominate people.

          Anarcho-syndicalists are the people building unions. Captains of industry are the people smashing unions.

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          Pretty much. Being indifferent to companies doing whatever they want, even when it is always against the public good, is functionally the same as advocating for it in this monopoly/oligopoly environment.