Violet Madder<p>Telling big techbros they shouldn&#39;t have built the Torment Nexus is as redundant as calling out any right-winger on their hypocrisy. Dystopia is the point:</p><p>&quot;[Billionaires] sell us cynicism. They can&#39;t sell us hope, because realistically hope would look like the unraveling of everything they represent. There is no place for billionaires in a hopeful future.&quot;</p><p>Billionaires reinforce a dystopian reality instead of preventing it, because they picture themselves WINNING at it, and sell the idea that we can too, like heroes in our own video game. </p><p>&quot;We SHOULD view the world as a dystopia-- and with the help of These Products, we can triumph over the rabble and wreckage that stands in our way.&quot;</p><p>Movement Memos: What Today’s Workers Can Learn From Machine Breaking Luddites<br />Starting from: 00:38:33</p><p>Episode webpage: <a href="https://truthout.org/series/movement-memos/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/series/movement-m</span><span class="invisible">emos/</span></a></p><p>Media file: <a href="https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TRUO7925979664.mp3?updated=1721247141#t=2313" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">traffic.megaphone.fm/TRUO79259</span><span class="invisible">79664.mp3?updated=1721247141#t=2313</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Luddite</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TruthOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TruthOut</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KellyHayes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KellyHayes</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrianMerchant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrianMerchant</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BloodInTheMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BloodInTheMachine</span></a></p>