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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 15:37:15 JST Aral Balkan

   The basic premise The Matrix got wrong was that it would be the machines doing the enslaving.

   #PeopleFarming #capitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley #VC

   • Lucid00 (lucid00@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 17:43:07 JST Lucid00

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     @aral In the allegory of The Matrix I don't think the machines are 100% meant to only reflect machines.

     The message (where there is one) isn't "Your computer is going to be a fascist" it's "Your computer is going to aid a fascist".

     But mostly I think they just wanted to make a cool movie and worked their way backwards from there into an allegory for bonus points.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 17:44:51 JST Aral Balkan

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     • MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸

     @fkamiah17 Nope. I’m not going to enjoy it, am I? :)

   • MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 (fkamiah17@syzito.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 17:44:52 JST MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸

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     @aral On a similar theme, have you seen this?

     https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21820452/?ref_=tt_urv

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 17:56:22 JST Aral Balkan

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     • MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸

     @fkamiah17 Oh, yay. Because clearly my greatest issue is I think things are going too swimmingly ;P

   • MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 (fkamiah17@syzito.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 17:56:23 JST MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸

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     @aral I haven't managed to "acquire" it just yet but I watched the trailer and the answer to your question is ... NO. Makes climate change documentaries look like Disney.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 18:00:42 JST Aral Balkan

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     • MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸

     @fkamiah17 😬👍

     💕

   • MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 (fkamiah17@syzito.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 18:00:43 JST MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸

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     @aral I'm here to bring you joy mate 😂