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This tweet was about Trump, but could apply equally well for the thread I just retweeted. Capitalism is the snake eating itself.

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the tyrant eventually lives in constant fear of all the people has harmed with his unjust actions, having betrayed all who might shield him

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This is not the kind of utopian ideal it may sound like to anti-capitalists. In all likelihood it will mean millions (billions?) of deaths.

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Our current power trajectory is so great, we can literally self-detonate our civilization with our woefully underdeveloped moral technology.

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We have the power to kill ourselves at any time; we lack the wisdom to regulate its use. We need a very severe wake-up call.