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1. AngryWraith (angrywraith@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 20:59:34 JST AngryWraith
   Oi... well goooood moooorning~! ☕ :BlobCatCoffee:
   He wasn't knowledgeable about the JQ, but...
   
   174. On the other hand it is possible that human control over
   the machines may be retained. In that case the average man may
   have control over certain private machines of his own, such as
   his car or his personal computer, but control over large systems
   of machines will be in the hands of a tiny elites just as it is
   today, but with two differences. Due to improved techniques the
   elite will have greater control over the masses; and because
   human work will no longer be necessary the masses will be
   superfluous, a useless burden on the system. If the elite is
   ruthless they may simply decide to exterminate the mass of
   humanity. If they are humane they may use propaganda or other
   psychological or biological techniques to reduce the birth rate
   until the mass of humanity becomes extinct, leaving the world to
   the elite. Or, if the elite consists of soft-hearted liberals,
   they may decide to play the role of good shepherds to the rest
   of the human race. They will see to it that everyone's physical
   needs are satisfied, that all children are raised under
   psychologically hygienic conditions, that everyone has a
   wholesome hobby to keep him busy, and that anyone who may become
   dissatisfied undergoes "treatment" to cure his "problem." Of
   course, life will be so purposeless that people will have to be
   biologically or psychologically engineered either to remove
   their need for the power process or to make them "sublimate"
   their drive for power into some harmless hobby. These engineered
   human beings may be happy in such a society, but they most
   certainly will not be free. They will have been reduced to the
   status of domestic animals.