Elon Musk tries regurgitating the promise of 20th century futurism, which remains impossible under the current U.S. system. These guys will always have technological solutions for political problems. - ThreadSky

paleofuture.bsky.social • 8 days ago

Elon Musk tries regurgitating the promise of 20th century futurism, which remains impossible under the current U.S. system.

These guys will always have technological solutions for political problems.

Reposted from Lora Kolodny

Elon Musk held an "all hands" with Tesla employees and live-streamed it on X tonight. “What’s the most exciting future that you could possibly imagine?" he asked. “A future of abundance for all…. The future we’re headed for is one where you could literally just have anything you want...

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muddles1968.bsky.social•8 days ago

He is nothing but a conman. Why ppl cannot see it is amazing g

chadsomething.bsky.social•8 days ago

I'm so confused by this. Self-driving taxis are going to bring about utopia?

susankayequinn.bsky.social•8 days ago

It’s not a tech solution tho—it’s hype about the AI god coming to save them and bring them unlimited free goodies. It’s tech nirvana/nerd rapture.

Futurism is the watered down form that still taps into the religious belief that tech will save us.

paleofuture.bsky.social•8 days ago

I think we’re saying the same thing. The hype about the AI god is the tech “solution” I’m talking about.

susankayequinn.bsky.social•8 days ago

I do honestly wonder what Tesla employees think about that BS now…

kimpreston.bsky.social•8 days ago

Apparently they were cheering. Not all I'm sure, but it blows my mind that any did. Of all people they should know how delusional it all is.

susankayequinn.bsky.social•8 days ago

I mean… dude is part of a fascist regime that’s disappearing people.

Cheering is probably survival.

Or only the fellow fash show up

kimpreston.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yeah I guess, that's a good point. Would love to be a fly on the wall at those office drinks 😉

susankayequinn.bsky.social•8 days ago

Gotcha

ogreporter.bsky.social•8 days ago

He's the only one going to experience "abundance." That comes when he gets a trillion dollar defense contract for an army of robots powered by Grok AI.

krietzsche.bsky.social•8 days ago

What’s funny about what Elon promises is that it’s a world where his demands, not yours, are finally met

timtrainor.com•8 days ago

He’s desperately trying to prevent shareholders booting him out.

lyndonhood.bsky.social•8 days ago

I take it you're not referring to the capital-F Futurism that had the manifesto based on a car crash but it also fits on a lot of levels.

paleofuture.bsky.social•8 days ago

I am not. Though the fascism behind big-F Futurism is indeed appropriate here.

thisgrayarea.bsky.social•8 days ago

That future is exclusive for only a choice few he "includes"
Also, the way any Musk-vision future is possible is through immense human suffering,needless death&destruction, a loss of integrity, the corruption of the heart&mind&soul of humanity,all hell bent towards sick&twisted idea of what matters

brian456.bsky.social•8 days ago

AI is just the macguffin they point to when they engage in wishful thinking or fabulation.

fstuart.bsky.social•8 days ago

Monorail! Monorail

dgaff21.bsky.social•8 days ago

Hypertunnel! Hypertunnel!

cbarcus.bsky.social•8 days ago

Ironically, a future of abundance is what Musk is actively destroying. Under Democratic leadership, the US passed some of the most important industrial policy in history, but it will not materialize without our democracy or allies. We were on track to address poverty, debt, and sustainability.

spaceprez.bsky.social•7 days ago

>These guys will always have technological solutions for political problems.

I had to keep re-iterating this over and over in the NFT/Crypto space. Y'all are trying to solve business/legal problems with technology and that's just not how it works.

We don't need tech. We already had the tech.

jcalebb.bsky.social•7 days ago

Musk doesn't understand how physical world works. He lives in 1s and 0s, where you can fix anything you break to make it better. While it might be true with software, the physical world doesn't work that way.

jcalebb.bsky.social•7 days ago

Governments have been careful NOT to break shit. Because you can't break things and expect them to be the same. Once broken, they will likely never be as good again.

keyuzo.bsky.social•7 days ago

In a way, Elon dusting off his techno utopian spiel right now is a good sign. He only does that when his insane decisions have screwedhis stock price.
The fact that the board & major shareholders are dumping Tesla stock is what poker players refer to as a Tell 😀

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