• IninewCrow
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      223 months ago

      Or to our wealthy overlords … it will kill off the “surplus population” and leave more room and resources for them.

      • @Auli@lemmy.ca
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        133 months ago

        That’s the funniest thing. The wealthy have bunkers and all that but don’t have the skills to actually survive.

        • IninewCrow
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          133 months ago

          Best part is those bunkers will be filled a handful of physically weak billionaires and money makers surrounded and outnumbered by well trained soldiers, mercenaries and military people. The wealthy owners believe that they hired honourable, loyal dedicated soldiers … but once the lights go out and everyone is on their own, who do you think will want to take over those bunkers?

          • @Gork@lemm.ee
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            113 months ago

            That’s why the billionaires want shock collars on their security squads.

            • @AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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              As if ex-special forces don’t get anti-interrogation training, oh and lock picking training.

              They really are just a bunch of greedy idiots.

              • @Gork@lemm.ee
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                33 months ago

                Also the collars aren’t immune to simple brute force attacks. A careful angle grinder can nullify it. Do that to the entire security team and now there’s a new warlord in town.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      43 months ago

      humanity kills themselves

      Pockets of humanity will endure this at least as well as they endured the Ice Age or the Toba Explosion. But there’s around 8 billion of us bouncing around today. The transition down to something like even just 1 billion would be nightmarish to live through.

      This isn’t a question of humanity hitting the “off” switch nearly so much as it is asking ourselves how we want our grandchildren to live a century from now.

    • @NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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      43 months ago

      I mean maybe, that’s a long shot. I also don’t think its worth killing everything currently on the planet that didn’t have a choice in the matter.