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[–] Rookwood@lemmy.world 46 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yes but our current society vests power in the corporation doing the killing. It's a problem as old as civilization, but one we still haven't solved. The problem is that these institutions and the technology they wield has never been greater.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago (3 children)

We need an impartial lawnmower. Something external to the species that comes in and cuts the biggest ones in half. And it needs to be incorruptible and powerful enough to do this.

Damn, I think I just invented god again.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"This world needs no savior,

just a headsman to cut her down".

"Erscheine!" (2008) By Eisregen, translated from German.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I like to think that climate change is that lawnmower, we either learn to cooperate or die.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 months ago

The Germans did this....

[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I invite to read history. Roman generals, European kings...

[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Yep.. Times will change and eventually the faceless bureaucracy world we have now will morph into something more like Roman imperial military dictatorship or European absolutist monarchies. I only hope we can organically build social mitigations to the centralising power of information technology before that happens. Because as bad as it is now it would be much worse then