Quote: (10-24-2015 02:58 PM)PolymathGuru Wrote:
Quote: (10-24-2015 02:49 PM)Handsome Creepy Eel Wrote:
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HC-Eel's right. Here's where I go all INTJ and probably will sound absolutely-insane, but to my eyes:
Tech is currently-being attacked by Authoritarian Marxism on one side (Cultural Marxists, Feminists) and Anti-Authoritarian Marxism on the other (Mental Environmentalists).
The AM's want the structure and hiring policies of the tech company to serve socialism before Capitalism, and as such, they infiltrate, subvert and strangle the private companies by forcing more and more government influence upon them. The AM's think by elevating marginalised population to gain control over the corporation rather than the bosses, these populations become their Authentic Selves.
Of course, this just makes a company dysfunctional and unprofitable.
The AAM's take this further: they want to the messages / products the company produces to
attack Advanced Capitalism: the transaction between the consumer and the corporation needs to be subverted, with the resulting Situationist-style confusion making the consumer question their relationship to the product, and, best case scenario,
unplug from the process entirely, thus becoming what ME's would consider their Authentic Selves.
Of course, this also just makes a company dysfunctional and unprofitable.
Whilst Cultural Marxist subversion is fairly-obvious to a large percentage of the population, Mental Environmentalist subversion is usually taken as an artistic statement, and, as such, its much more insidious. This is why I've lost interest in gaming since Gamergate: the bastards subverted my expectations as a player and made me question
why I play games. I'm an intelligent man who understands the culture jamming process and
they still got to me.
This is why I keep saying GTFO out of tech investment. There's another crash coming, either from CM incompetence or ME consumer erosion.
EDIT: A further thought: their goals can appear very similar at times. Whilst CM's want to censor free speech on the internet so their narrative can't be challenged, ME's would play along, wanting to censor free speech on the internet so people
drift away from the internet entirely. This would explain the recent push to close comments and silence speech: the internet is becoming increasingly-controlled by advertising and corporate interests... Advanced Capitalism, the ME enemy. Restrict speech and feedback, destroy consumer engagement and conversation.