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Lanier, J. (2014). Inclusion. In Lanier, J. Who Owns the Future?. Simon Schuster, pp. 291-294

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Trying to create an overly flattened society inevitably and unintentionally creates new centers of power. A revolution might dethrone the old rich, but only at the expense of empaneling an unchallenged communist party, along with a politburo and legions of clever schemers and ass kissers who turn into a new privileged class. The right way to deal with concentrations of power is not to try to vaporize them, but to balance them.

um ... not necessarily? this in fact sounds more like capitalism to me

—p.291 by Jaron Lanier 6 years, 5 months ago

Trying to create an overly flattened society inevitably and unintentionally creates new centers of power. A revolution might dethrone the old rich, but only at the expense of empaneling an unchallenged communist party, along with a politburo and legions of clever schemers and ass kissers who turn into a new privileged class. The right way to deal with concentrations of power is not to try to vaporize them, but to balance them.

um ... not necessarily? this in fact sounds more like capitalism to me

—p.291 by Jaron Lanier 6 years, 5 months ago