The Destructive Power of Billionaire God Complexes
Jonathan Taplin, author of "The End of Reality: How Four Billionaires are Selling a Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars, and Crypto," warns that the actions of Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen could create conditions for fascism to flourish. Taplin argues that these billionaires, through their visions of the future, such as Musk's desire to replace humanity with machines and Zuckerberg's belief in a virtual reality-dominated world, are dangerously consolidating wealth and power. He urges resistance to prevent a future where AI owners control all the wealth and society resembles a dystopian reality like in "Blade Runner."