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In reply to the discussion: What will the "revolution" look like when people have had enough? [View all]RKP5637
(67,112 posts)the way and do nothing but feed the oligarchs and promote greed. Someone was working on over the air handheld peer to peer communications, bypassing traditional carriers, ... somewhat like the internet. It can be done, but it is slow, and requires a number of users to span a small community. Also, if it became popular the oligarchs would work to make it illegal, one of their favorite tactics.
Some financial institutions need to be bypassed, people need to work together in a collective manner, than institutions spanning/connecting individuals financially for institutional control and greed.
There needs to be a movement to connect people together without the traditional institutions involved. Religion tries to do that for some, but IMO religion has failed miserably in many ways, so much baggage and authoritarian behavior, many fleecing the flocks for money.
Some of the future technologies of linking minds are going to be quite interesting, but scary at the same time. ... really depends on who grabs it and controls it ...
I really think advancing technology is going to drastically change sociological behavior in the coming decades. So much today is drastically obsolete in the futuristic big picture. For example, we still barter and trade, the stock market for example, in a prehistoric manner. And many see competition as a motivator rather than cooperation. Much of it is so backward and linked to primitive mankind.