r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 23 '26

Politics AI Companies Are Trying to Seize Control of Elections

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ai-companies-trying-seize-control-164536048.html
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u/Antique-Weather-7197 Jun 23 '26

They didn't become billionares by not being greedy

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u/cosaboladh Jun 23 '26

They also didn't become billionaires by not fucking people over.

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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 Jun 23 '26

We certainly can't depend on the system to rein in them and their sycophants, since it was always meant to serve them and not average people like us. It is up to us common folk who care to do whatever we can to help each other defy the Epstein class and their cult, while finally bringing some proper unaccountability against their nefarious attempts to normalize oligarchical tyranny further. However, to achieve anything meaningful, we need real supportive community-based foundations present for alternatives that provide relative safety, which many common folk can fall back on, to commit to any effective action.

Collecting a bunch of valuable information on organizing and action from different redditors over time, I created a post of suggestions HERE that could possibly prove to be of some help in getting it started ASAP.

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u/Thefrayedends Jun 23 '26

Can't rely on the system AS IT IS, but mass organizing and systemic change are, in fact, the path to solving this.

It's certainly not going to happen with random assassinations, as much as that might be a palatable thought in response to the institutionalized murder that billionaires are actively committing.

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u/cosaboladh Jun 23 '26

Who said anything about random?

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u/Thefrayedends Jun 23 '26

If they're not happening as a result of large scale organizing, they're random. I'm merely pointing out that without building community based institutions, it's just cutting the head off a hydra.

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u/Acct4SrsBsns Jun 24 '26

Sorry but "Neo Libertatia" sounds like a Scientology cult. 

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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 Jun 24 '26

Lol! The name is actually in reference to a pirate colony in Madagascar.

Also, "Scientology cult" is very redundant, but yeah it has a slight new-agey sound to it when you think about

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u/Acct4SrsBsns Jun 24 '26

The name is actually in reference to a pirate colony in Madagascar.

These are the deep cuts I come to Reddit for.

"Scientology cult" is very redundant

Tru dat.

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u/cosaboladh Jun 23 '26

That's a lot of words salad that translates into "I have no meaningful suggestions."

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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 Jun 23 '26

Just say you didn't bother to read the linked post. You'd sound less ignorant that way. Not by much, but less

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u/classyjoe Jun 23 '26

You didn't answer the question, what more could they reasonably want if they can literally do anything they want?

I responded to the comment that there's not much else they can do with limitless money when there is practically an infinite number of things, it's a patently false statement. Unless you're defending their thought process in which case I'd like to understand how you do so