i need some actual theory on this its rather fascinating that the only long/medium term issue economists and capitalist princes seem to care about is increasing the population of workers
but spare no thought for preserving the current ones. or making the environment more amenable to sustaining them. idk its pretty weirdly incongruous. like its not a religious thing with a lot of these people, could it all be racism? but its kind of talked about in asia too (maybe in very different terms tho idk)
And to emphasize the urgency of depopulating western countries, which currently produce the majority of the wealth of our world, the whimsical boss wishes to remind us that he still considers that global warming is a big and crucial problem for the planet. He seems to suggest that it is more a matter of priority. Basically, we have to redefine the priorities. And at the top of the list should be the issue of population.
Musk is definitely doing “white replacement” stuff. He’s also aware that a reduction in the population leads to a massive surge in worker power and the ability of the working class to negotiate as the surplus army of labor vanishes.
So he’s doubling down on the racism in service of maintenance of the exploitation of the global proletariat, which is why they also care about declining birth rates in industrial colonies and nations like Africa, China, and South East Asia.
obviously mr musk is doing racism, but him & nate bronze are far from the only ‘purveyors’ of this.
but here’s a thought: doing other things that might net workers costs money to companies. worker safety = less productivity, fixing environment = paying to not pollute.
i was thinking about this wrong, in terms of ROI: a program to pump more babies aint netting workers for 14-18 years—which as we know is far far too ahead of time for companies to actually plan. looking at it this way, making baby workers is a similar timescale to what you’d want to do to improve the environment, and preserving current labor has an even ‘faster’ ROI. thus my initial confusion
but they aren’t talking about trying to increase population in a systemic manner, that’d cost money. they want to get rid of current expenditures that make it possible for poor people to avoid pregnancy :scared:
in other words, no family planning, not even eugenics, no looking into medical & social reasons for declining fertility in western nations. its a return to the golden age standard of putting enough people in enough agonizing squalor and poverty that they’ll multiply even if they don’t really want to :doomer:
He’s obsessed with birth rates when he’s probably the type who disparages “baby mommas” for having more than one kid.
:npc: “We need to increase the global human population!”
Black people in Africa: “Good to hear friend!”
:npc-upset:
“In 2021, the tech tycoon suspended purchase of Tesla cars with bitcoins, after activists told him that it requires a lot of electricity to validate transactions (Proof-of-Work) made with the cryptocurrency.”
Bull.shit. Bull. Fucking shit. He announced they’d instead allow crypto bros to buy any Tesla merch they wanted from the site using crypto, just not the cars themselves because the price of bitcoin is too unstable for any big purchases besides drugs. It had nothing to do with the electrical cost. And you’re telling me crypto daddy musk had to be told by activists that bitcoin uses a ton of electricity?
Isn’t he also one of the guys who frets about overpopulation? Can’t have it both ways
