I keep thinking about how these two things feel so similar:
- AI tech bros trying to convince us to not worry about their amibitions because UBI will allow us to work less and get closer to utopia
- Southern elites convinced the poor white men (as in money) who fought for the confederacy by promising equality for white men
We know from southern history that the 1860's elites never did anything to elevate anyone and they even chose to destroy any attempts by USGov to help them