This tells me not enough people are buying Brave New World. The great exchange of freedom for comfort has already passed the tipping point across western civilization.
Wait there’s a 1984 spin-off??
I think when folks can exchange their goods and provide services free from govt control, prosperity flourishes which I’d say is a good thing for industrial advancement and prosperity. We’re currently fucked by folks that use the state to control what goods and services are permitted and they do so to grab power. Corporatism has failed us, consumerism has made us slaves but capitalism is a different animal; people will create markets without government intervention, that’s why black markets exist, so capitalism isn’t a political fad like socialism, it’s a natural result of human ingenuity. Just don’t lump capitalism with corporatism and consumerism, then the term is not the scary beast the commies think will enslave us, it’s the medium for individual growth and prosperity.
Buy guns, a diverse set of weapons, learn to hunt (you need protein) and be spiritual - those are my edits. If you’re wondering why people who live in the wilderness, the deserts, the empty plains, the swamps and the jungles of this earth are religious, it’s because you need faith and spirituality for your soul to survive through the suffering and struggle.
Even without a state people will form groups that create and enforce laws. I think if everyone in your vision was armed and capable of living without taking power over another individual, you’d have more order than our current western governments. Like you said, these massive govt entities cause tons of chaos to further their power.
When machines cannot calculate the “value” for a pixel they’ll fill in black space. This looks like a rushed job.
Maybe I’m seeing something that’s not there, but this sounds like a huge vulnerability in his scheme to replace the human element in farming - he’s over exposed considering at the present, humans are still essential for agriculture and America’s farmlands are filled with armed citizens who don’t trust outsiders, especially douche nozzles like gates.