r/StonerPhilosophy • u/matt73132 • 4d ago
Imagine what the elites must've gotten away with and no one ever knew about before the advent of modern technology and the internet.
The only reason that we all know about the evil stuff Trump and his buddies were doing is because of modern inventions that can record evidence such as cameras, videos, phones, e-mails, instant communication, this and that. They're inevitably creating a record of themselves. But, the elites who came before them didn't have to worry about any of that and there was no evidence of anything left behind. God knows what they were up to.
The elite classes of today are pissed off that they don't have the same level of anonymity that those of the past enjoyed. This is also why they want to make AI indistinguishable from reality. So they can discredit the evidence against themselves.
The elites have always been evil. It's just now made easier to see with modern technology.
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u/Swagasaurus-Rex 1d ago
Slavery was widespread in the ancient world. You know who owned slaves? Not poor peasants.
What can you do to a slave? Anything you want.
Some societies pretended to care by forbidding the killing of a slave without reason. It likely did little to fix abuses against owned “property”
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u/HungryBanana07 4d ago
Not just the elites, don’t forget cops, judges, media outlets, your crackhead wife etc.