Symbolically, it feels like Trump v. Bezos is the yin-yang cosmic struggle of our era. Much more than globalist vs. nationalist or left vs. right or populist vs. authoritarian. Whatever the difference is between them, it's the "it" difference of history right now.
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Now I can't shake the image of a yin and yang symbol composed from the faces of Trump and Bezos
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Hmm. I think both have elements of both so that's not it. I do have a theory I can't share in public :D
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I don't think so. They both represent centralized, unaccountable power, rooted in inherited privilege, tied closely to the US. They are on the same side of the deep conflicts of our age.
Who's on the other side? Maybe Putin, Assange, Stallman, Kahle, Wikipedia, Nakamoto, Daesh.
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I think this is a uniquely uninteresting take from you, although the biggest difference between them sees to be "making it" versus "faking it".
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Manufactured reality vs Top down simulated reality. Aspiration of human agency to grow to subtle heights (moksha / nirvaNA) is not supported in either.







