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Why is the ruling class so stupid? - Clover - Oct 24 2025
Why is the ruling class so stupid? I see so many stupid articles about how AI is going to take over everyone's jobs, that there will be massive unemployment, massive economic consequences, massive problems. Of course, all these problems are just for the working class, so I guess who cares. Because I guess the fucking billionaire ruling class thinks that they'll be safe in their damn bunkers in Hawaii or some shit?
How are they so fucking stupid? Like... I just really don't know where to begin to elaborate on that. Like how can they be so fucking stupid to not realize how much the working class enables them to live their comfortable lavish life? Do they not realize how much the fancy foods they eat need people to grow the crops, people to harvest the crops, people to deliver the crops, people to prepare the produce. Let's go even further into that. The people who deliver the crops need vehicles to deliver the crops. The vehicles that deliver the crops need parts for the vehicles to operate, and maintenance for those vehicles. The parts for the vehicles need to be made in a factory by people. The parts for those vehicles need materials. The materials need to be mined or gathered or refined. The materials need to be shipped around by more vehicles. Okay now we get into a loop. To get the produce to the island, you probably need a plane or a boat. We get the same issues about needing maintenance and parts for such things. In addition, you need people smart enough to be able to fly a plane or sail a boat. You need to be able to fuel those boats and those planes. Oh, and the vehicles too. Turns out they all need fuel. Anyway, I won't get into that. So let's go back to the produce. Okay, now you need somebody to prepare the produce into a meal. You need running water to clean the produce. You need engineers to maintain the plumbing for the water system to get to your stupid bunker. You need plumbers who are able to fix any plumbing in your stupid bunker. The person who makes your fancy meal will need supplies, like cutting boards and knives and stoves and pots and pans. What happens when those get damaged? Who delivers them the new cutting boards and knives and stoves and pots and pans? Who makes the cutting boards and knives and stoves and pots and pans? Where did the materials come from for the cutting boards and knives and stoves and pots and pans?
What happens when you get injured in your fancy Hawaiian bunker? Do you have a full medical team in your bunker? Who is supplying them with medical equipment? Where are they getting the medical equipment from? Who is creating the bandages, antibiotics, other medical shit that I don't know about because I'm not a medical person, because it turns out there are a lot of very specialized people who do these things, because the world is really fucking complicated. Where is all this coming from? How are you going to keep finding people who are able to be competent medical staff when you let the rest of the world burn in the name of greed?
Don't even get me started on their dumbass ideas on how they're going to employ some militia to keep them safe, going so far as to wanting to put shock collars that explode on their armed guards to keep them from rebelling.
Holy shit, how is the ruling class so stupid? Am I missing something?!
RE: Why is the ruling class so stupid? - Elsacat - Oct 24 2025
The billionaires, and probably many of the multimillionaires, are wealthy enough to buy or recreate a lot of that as their own needs require. They can afford their own systems, and they have their alliances with other ultra-wealthy who can do similar things.