It’s pretty clear that capitalists have been maintaining social control in the west without any need for chips just fine. We don’t need some sci-fi tech, we’re already living in a society where people are atomized and unable to organize in a meaningful way.
I think it matters that there are billionaires talking about staffing their bunkers with brain chipped workers and security and that there are billionaires owning companies developing brain chips.
It’s pretty clear that capitalists have been maintaining social control in the west without any need for chips just fine. We don’t need some sci-fi tech, we’re already living in a society where people are atomized and unable to organize in a meaningful way.
They want total control without having to maintain states.
It’s pretty clear that you need something akin to state structure to maintain that level of control in practice.
Not if you have technology akin to magic.
Not saying this will happen but there are definitely billionaires fantasying about it and them trying and failing can still have outcomes.
Sure, people can fantasize about all kinds of stuff, but what matters at the end of the day is what’s materially possible.
I think it matters that there are billionaires talking about staffing their bunkers with brain chipped workers and security and that there are billionaires owning companies developing brain chips.
I expect the US will implode long before this sort o thing comes to fruition.