These tech oligarchs fit with MAGA because they're postmodernists: That there’s no objective truth but one’s own. Like Trump, they want to craft a world based on their "truth," which consists of lies for profit. They don’t have Trump’s charisma, but they do have billions. - ThreadSky

emmavigeland.bsky.social • 37 days ago

These tech oligarchs fit with MAGA because they're postmodernists: That there’s no objective truth but one’s own. Like Trump, they want to craft a world based on their "truth," which consists of lies for profit. They don’t have Trump’s charisma, but they do have billions.

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slvskngs.bsky.social•37 days ago

They’re attempting to control reality itself. It sounds ridiculous, but the fact that they’re doing it shows how terrifyingly powerful the amount of wealth they wield.

einrealist.bsky.social•37 days ago

Billions, but mostly on paper.

koushg.bsky.social•37 days ago

You give them too much credit, they are just greedy and nothing will ever fill the void in their heart

coexistential.bsky.social•36 days ago

Additionally, they are -- in business -- what authoritarian followers are in their day to day.

green-eggs-and-sam.bsky.social•37 days ago

I’m sure Jordan Peterson is crying about how the tech oligarchs need to clean their rooms.

mollieg.bsky.social•37 days ago

Their guiding principle is there is no right or wrong, there is only power.

jase313.bsky.social•36 days ago

They believe there is no right or wrong, and hide behind religion (in particular Christianity) to "justify" it...

dialecticus.bsky.social•30 days ago

When I think of tech oligarchs, I definitely think of Foucault, Baudrillard, Derrida, or topics like discourse analysis.... I think a better word would be solipsist.

corp8mybaby.bsky.social•36 days ago

These powerful oligarchs are such nerdbag losers

jase313.bsky.social•36 days ago

Leftists are the theoreticians of postmodernism, but right-wingers are the practitioners.

ishnohaness.bsky.social•37 days ago

I’ll take another serving of cake please.

zach-ofalltrades.bsky.social•37 days ago

The cognitive dissonance of Jordan Peterson on this one, the courageous crusader against postmodernism, is something to behold.

nomadiccomrade.bsky.social•33 days ago

Profit over philosophical consistency.

cyberjesus.bsky.social•37 days ago

I have to admit ditz, you scored points with me today by criticizing TYT, the place you came from. There’s hope for you yet.

electdarrelevans.bsky.social•37 days ago

They have the ability astroturf absolutely any issue. They mimic and manipulate outrage by purchasing platforms and creators. The future is anxiety inducing. We NEED working people to be more involved!

anthonyzornig.bsky.social•37 days ago

There are thing we already do. We just need to adopt them:

shychko.bsky.social•37 days ago

The era of implausible deniability. As long as people can't prove 100% something isn't true, people will just claim that it's unknowable. -- paraphrasing a Brandon quote.

buddylove81.bsky.social•37 days ago

They’re nihilists hiding behind fake Christian faith

longwhiterose.bsky.social•37 days ago

They are ALL thinking, “how much longer can this clown live? Two years? Five? (Never mind the 4 year limitation on his “presidency”—shake down the world), or the fact that he cannot serve a third term. A quick flick of the pen / wrist will dispense with that “norm”! Oligarchs look at the long term.

lotusrice.bsky.social•37 days ago

It’s also an exercise in dominance. Billionaires have a truth, and we live in it. Regular people aren’t allowed to agree on reality. Billionaires create a very firm reality for all of us, where profit and extraction are guaranteed.

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