There's a worst case scenario looming here, isn't there?
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Curtis Yarvin, Freedom Cities, "Anarcho-Capitalism", and the Neofeudal Order Still to Come
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Music: "What Shall We Do Now?" written by Roger Waters, performed by me
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Sections:
0:00 Trump as dictator
5:45 Cyberpunk and Snow Crash
9:50 Curtis Yarvin and Patchwork
15:20 Why Anarcho-Capitalism is idiotic and Right "Libertarianism" Always Becomes Fascism
18:20 The PMC and the War of Elites
28:50 Our Greatest Advantage Against the Fascist Goons
35:30 The Problem with Satire and Why VR Won't Happen
41:21 In the long term, there may be some reason for hope