all the pro capitalism tech people on here love spending all their time dunking on teens making marx tiktoks instead of providing any compelling alternative visions of the future
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no see this is exactly what i mean this literally says it's about "the history of technology" "the story of progress" once you feel the need to glorify the past to contextualize your vision of the future that's not futurism anymore that's just conservatism lmao
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I think the argument is 1. growth is the most important thing 2. capitalism promotes growth (vs Marxism promoting equality), and growth is change over time, so we need to talk about history to see it
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yeah i think that's an accurate take on the framework. the key thing is people no longer believe in the first point and initiatives like this fail to really ask why that is. lots of just preaching to the choir which is not great when you represent the status quo
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