AskSaidIt

AskSaidIt

MagicMike 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 2 months ago

Top 1% create the orders. The top 20% implement the orders. All the rest take orders. Our society has its own Inner Party, Outer Party, and Proles.

If you want to join the Inner Party, you must be very lucky: have an IQ > 150 and/or lots of money. If you are a prole, go to a state school as your ticket to the Outer Party. If you are fine being a prole, go to a trade school — learn to drive a truck or become a plumber, etc.

ForbiddenKnowledge[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 2 months ago

What do I go if I want to use my life to rally the proles to revolt against the big brother and save us from the abusive psychopaths in charge and usher in true democracy? Where do I go then?

MagicMike 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 2 months ago

In the book 1984, Orwell actually says it’s pointless: society is like a gyroscope that always rights itself. You could lead a revolution but eventually society reverts back to the pyramid form. In other words, the intelligent and/or rich will always exploit the rest.

Our only hope is if AI takes governance away from humans and said AI is benevolent.

ForbiddenKnowledge[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 2 months ago

You could look at it like a gyroscope or you could look at it like a boat.

I think what you are saying is like saying it's pointless fixing a boat because sooner or later it will leak again.

As long as the just war criteria is met, and the government is committing intolerable abuse on it's citizenry, then I say it's worth doing.

MagicMike 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 2 months ago

It’s somewhat more like trying to teach Calculus and most everyone in the class has an IQ of 85. Do what you may but they’ll revert to being hard wired stupid.