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[–] dditty@lemm.ee 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

We edge closer to Weyland-Yutani hegemony every day, only the IRL technocrats will be stupider and greedier

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 14 points 2 days ago

I associate it with "The Space Merchants" and their corporate congress.

It's a really good book written in 1952 and talks about climate change, rampant corporate greed, synthetic meat... Really good read.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Humanity: invents capitalism government

Engineers: Hold my dark fluid, I’ve got a mistake to fix