Discussion Could this be the future?

[tercermundista]

I'm watching Alien Earth, and in that sci-fi future, there are no politicians, no voting, no democracy because the system failed... Basically, planet Earth is divided between five large corporations that control absolutely everything.

Do you think this could be the future?

 

[DarkRange55]

I posted a thread a while ago asking a similar question.

 

[tercermundista]

I posted a thread a while ago asking a similar question.

And what do you think?

 

[DarkRange55]

And what do you think?

I would like to hear from @noname223 & @Blurry_Buildings first



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[noname223]

I'm watching Alien Earth, and in that sci-fi future, there are no politicians, no voting, no democracy because the system failed... Basically, planet Earth is divided between five large corporations that control absolutely everything.

Do you think this could be the future?

Sounds like Curtis Yarvin's wet dream. Sci-fi authors are used by futurologist to create scenarios about the future. It sounds like a dystopia and there are indicators we are heading into a dystopia. I am not sure how stable such a system would be. I don't know whether that would be the actual end of history. I could imagine that AI or AGI had the potential to replace politicians if it became supereffective. It can help to envision such scenarios in order for trying to prevent them. I would not rule it out but wouldn't there be riots if like everything Was privatized. I know consumers are easily distracted and gaslit. But we in Germany hate and envy the rich. And isn't history rather developing dialectical?