slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Billionaires who won't pay their taxes -- and in some cases have intentionally immiserated millions -- have less than zero credibility when they promise their pet technologies will liberate the rest of us from work.
Why? Because the machines they're building are wealth-concentration devices, and the only way anyone will be able to afford the abundance they promise is through taxes on concentrated wealth.
Which exactly the policy they're *most* committed to defeating.