Very interesting article. Much food for thought.

The concept for this article arose after a minor furor erupted on Twitter regarding an application designed by Robhat Labs intended to identify bots disseminating political propaganda, which was found to have been incorrectly classifying many real human social media accounts as bots, myself included. Excellent independent media thinkers have reported extensively on the issue of false attribution of dissent to Russian bots, including Adam Carter with his coverage of Hamilton 68, published via Disobedient Media.

When I read that, I thought of the TSA. The entire post-9/11 airplane security apparatus is rooted in distrust of the public. Under the rubric of fairness (equal treatment), everyone was treated as a potential criminal. Unless you can avail yourself of the "Trusted Traveler" loophole, you're still treated like a potential terrorist. Like a suspicious character.

Suspicion of the citizenry is baked into the TSA kernel.

Put as simply as possible, the plutocratic fascination with everything inhuman reflects their own deeply psychopathic character.

Suggestion: a better term is "autistic" (in the colloquial sense). An autist is someone who loves 'things' but is largely oblivious to people - and the effects that 'things' can have on people. Brilliant but devoid of insight.

Silicon Valley giant Elon Musk claims that the inevitable job loss caused by robotics will force the implementation of a Universal basic Income. However, it seems utterly absurd to expect that the same government that refuses to enact universal healthcare would happily go along with this kind of humanitarian solution. Given Amazon's disgusting treatment of its workforce, it seems illogical to trust that the technocratic class would push the matter for the benefit of the public good.

I can certainly see them push it as a payoff, as a kind of quitrent. If UBI is implemented, those executives won't even have to pretend to be concerned with employment. "We gave at the office."

Think of an autist living rent-free in his parent's home who would much rather eat alone but willingly goes to family dinners because he doesn't want to lose his rent-free lodging.