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Estelle Platini<p>‘The people do not exercise power. Instead they cast a vote in the ballot box, a kind of magical operation by which they ensure a freedom that is no longer present in their daily actions. Political life comes forward as resignation.’</p><p>Bernard Charbonneau in L'État (1949)</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bureaucracy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/conformism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conformism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/personalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a></p>
Estelle Platini<p>Here I am slowly spining a yarn of Bernard Charbonneau 🧶</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/conformism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conformism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/personalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personalism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nationState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationState</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/technoCriticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technoCriticism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/technique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technique</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bureaucracy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spectacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spectacle</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecologists</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/environmentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalists</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/goodLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodLiving</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rurality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rurality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/historyOfIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historyOfIdeas</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Charbonneau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Charbonneau</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BernardCharbonneau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BernardCharbonneau</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/longThread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longThread</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/yarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yarn</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The tax benefits may have come in handy in recent years as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>’s finances have improved, at least by one measure. The company has privately said its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation &amp; amortization nearly doubled to roughly $5B last year from 2023. That figure, known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EBITDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EBITDA</span></a>, is one way of measuring <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a> but is not the same as the bottom line &amp; does not mean that SpaceX is paying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Given the size of its net operating loss, the company almost surely didn’t pay any federal tax for years,” said Gregg Polsky, who teaches <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxLaw</span></a> at NYU School of Law. “And it’s so large, it’s unlikely it has paid taxes even if it has had positive taxable income in recent years.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In one document, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> told investors that it was “more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized,” meaning it might NEVER pay <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a>. The company cited, among other things, its past losses. Such language can be common for companies with a history of losses, &amp; this outlook can be revised if their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finances</span></a> improve, said Robert Willens, an accounting analyst….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…By the end of 2021, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> had accumulated almost $5.4B in tax <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/losses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>losses</span></a>, according to the most recent figure in the documents. Those losses generated the tax benefit, known as a net operating loss carryforward. It enables SpaceX to avoid federal income <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> on an equivalent amount of future taxable income. The benefit is available to all companies, including start-ups that lose money for years before turning a profit.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> appears to have paid some income <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> over the years, though likely not to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>, according to the documents. In one document, the company said it expected to pay $483k in income tax to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreign</span></a> governments &amp; $78k in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> income tax in 2021. Separately, it reported paying $6k for income taxes in 2020 &amp; 2021, but did not disclose if the payments were for federal, state or local governments.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Several news organizations have reported on aspects of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finances</span></a>, which the company discloses to its investors &amp; other stakeholders. But the documents reviewed by NYT — including income statements &amp; balance sheets covering 23 years — offered new insight into SpaceX’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/revenue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revenue</span></a> sources, investors &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Danielle Brian, the executive director of the Project on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oversight</span></a>, a group that investigates <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> in the government, said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> benefit had historically been aimed at encouraging companies to stay in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> during difficult times.</p><p>It was “quaint” that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> was using it, she said, as it “was clearly not intended for a company doing so well.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> Gets Billions From the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a>. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taxes</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s rocket company relies on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> contracts, but years of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/losses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>losses</span></a> have most likely let it avoid paying federal income taxes, according to internal company documents.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/technology/spacex-musk-government-contracts-taxes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eU8.lpty.toC5vnN9k11J&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/08/15/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/spacex-musk-government-contracts-taxes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eU8.lpty.toC5vnN9k11J&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Mark Aylward 🇨🇦Feeling like I will completely disappear soon.
Mix Mistress Alice💄<p>"DOGE Has Wasted Billions While Saving Only a Fraction of What It Claims: Reports<br>New analysis paints a picture of dysfunction and waste at the Department of Government Efficiency."—Lucas Ropek &gt;</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/doge-has-continued-to-waste-billions-while-saving-almost-nothing-report-2000642532" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/doge-has-continued</span><span class="invisible">-to-waste-billions-while-saving-almost-nothing-report-2000642532</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/inefficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inefficiency</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/demagogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demagogy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insanity</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/public_services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>public_services</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/techno_feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techno_feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/tech_bros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech_bros</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>efficiency</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/billions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billions</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analysis</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/savings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>savings</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a></p>
⠵⠻⠷⠕⠭ 🍥🍉⚪🌹<p>That's... Really something <a href="https://torontolife.com/deep-dives/doctor-strange-the-curious-life-of-elon-musks-canadian-grandfather/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">torontolife.com/deep-dives/doc</span><span class="invisible">tor-strange-the-curious-life-of-elon-musks-canadian-grandfather/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a></p>
Mage: The Podcast<p>💫 Dr. Robert Hill: A Void Engineer Mathematician. Doctor Hill is among the most dangerous enemies of the Virtual Adepts in the Technocracy, especially because he appears to be so innocuous. <a href="http://mage.gearsonline.net/anders/people/technocrats/hill.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">mage.gearsonline.net/anders/pe</span><span class="invisible">ople/technocrats/hill.html</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/magetheascension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magetheascension</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/voidengineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voidengineers</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/technocraticunion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocraticunion</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Mage: The Podcast<p>💫 Arthur Kel: A technomancer responsible for contact with the Traditions. <a href="http://mage.gearsonline.net/anders/people/technocrats/kell.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">mage.gearsonline.net/anders/pe</span><span class="invisible">ople/technocrats/kell.html</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/magetheascension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magetheascension</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/syndicate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syndicate</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/technocraticunion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocraticunion</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/worldofdarkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldofdarkness</span></a></p>
Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻:ri: 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@kusuriya" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kusuriya</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@earthshine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>earthshine</span></a></span> <br>Replicators and warp drive aside, we could have had a Star Trek style economy for nearly a century now. All we need is for enough people to be aware of it to make it happen. <br><a href="https://www.technate.org/tiki-index.php?page=Begin" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technate.org/tiki-index.php?pa</span><span class="invisible">ge=Begin</span></a><br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Technate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technate</span></a></p>
Mage: The Podcast<p>💫 Personnel File 3: A listing of a few New World Order operatives and their specialties. <a href="http://mage.gearsonline.net/anders/factions/technocracy/nwo/personnel3.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">mage.gearsonline.net/anders/fa</span><span class="invisible">ctions/technocracy/nwo/personnel3.html</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/magetheascension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magetheascension</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/newworldorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newworldorder</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/technocraticunion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocraticunion</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/worldofdarkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldofdarkness</span></a></p>
Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻:ri: 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@MrLee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MrLee</span></a></span> <br>AI is not going to give us this kind of world you describe, where people are freed from work to pursue their lives and interests. Even putting aside all the problems with modern LLMs, the reason is because we could have had this kind of society now for nearly a century already, just through automation that already exists. But we don't have it, and most people haven't even heard that it is an option. Why? Because it would destroy the structures that keep the rich &amp; powerful, rich &amp; powerful. </p><p>What we need to achieve this is a more fundamental change than simply a better or 'real' democracy. The problems run much deeper than simply enacting new laws. The scientists who first devised this kind of future figured out exactly what we must do, and it is described here: <a href="https://www.technate.org/tiki-index.php?page=Begin" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technate.org/tiki-index.php?pa</span><span class="invisible">ge=Begin</span></a></p><p>The best thing we can do democratically is to learn about this system and employ it, because no one is going to do it for us, no government, no savior. </p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/technate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technate</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Their goal:🚨a corporate-dictatorship -we'll have fiefdoms run by tech corps. You've a group of super-rich elites with a very apocalyptic vision of where society &amp; the world are headed.</p><p>“If you’re rich: handsome &amp; can sing"-Yiddish. You’re rich *can now do everything. We see this Dunning-Kruger approach with everyone from Musk to Bezos going into bus' *no experience &amp; making a mess of things.</p><p>Dangerous: far-R + Tech ldrs, no <a href="https://toad.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a>...<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/707010/gil-duran-the-nerd-reich-tech-billionaires-authoritarianism-dictator" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/decoder-podcast-w</span><span class="invisible">ith-nilay-patel/707010/gil-duran-the-nerd-reich-tech-billionaires-authoritarianism-dictator</span></a></p>
🏁⚡Omar Two Tone⚡🏁:verified:<p>5G – advanced technology for our wellbeing or a kill grid dystopia? 👇📶📖 </p><p><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/5g-advanced-technology-kill-grid-dystopia/5895297" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">globalresearch.ca/5g-advanced-</span><span class="invisible">technology-kill-grid-dystopia/5895297</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/reads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reads</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/interestingreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interestingreads</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>