Fully Automated Luxury Communism

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Parriskigens: I've read a book called Fully automated luxury communism. It's supposed to be this really exciting vision of the future, but all its doing is saying everything that ela musk is talking about is awesome,. But instead of being done in the name of like, private enterprise, it's now just going to be communists. He says he was annoyed by Vall disne's utopian picture of how everybody will live. Parriskigen: We don't we don't need fully automated luxury anything. We just need to start working towards a way of sharing our resources in a egletarian and humane way.

Paris Marx is joined by Ilari Kaila to talk about Elon Musk's latest unhinged tweeting episode, his self-serving calls to end COVID-19 lockdowns, and how the outlandish promises he makes and stories he makes result in a cult-like devotion by those who follow him.

Ilari Kaila is a Finnish-American writer and Composer-in-Residence at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work has been published by Aeon Magazine, Jacobin Magazine, Muftah Magazine, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, and others. Read his blog post about how Elon Musk is a cult leader at LimitedHangoutBlog.com and follow him on Twitter as @IlariKaila.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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