“Today’s episode argues that the current dystopian reality is not the result of state overreach, as predicted by Orwell, but rather the inevitable outcome of late-stage capitalism, a force more insidious and pervasive than governmental control. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, contends that figures like Yuval Noah Harari, in describing a “useless class” rendered obsolete by technology, and Howard Lutnick, proposing generational factory work, are not offering warnings but rather articulating the capitalist blueprint for a future where labour is unnecessary for profit, leading to widespread marginalisation. This situation is further enabled by an educational system designed to produce compliant workers instead of critical thinkers, and it represents a fusion of Orwellian surveillance and Huxleyan pacification, driven by market forces and technology. Dr. Hoerricks concludes by emphasising that this system was intentionally constructed and can therefore be dismantled by those it seeks to exclude.”
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/the-head-fake-from-harari-to-lutnick
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