simulacrum capitalism
I think by the time superintelligence arrives, it will understand that creating a simulacrum of capitalism is required to keep the human race sane. Otherwise, we will all lose our fucking minds and begin killing each other to try and create enough protagonism — alex-h, 2026-05-18 19:19 America/New_York
why
- dark take on post-singularity political economy: markets as pacifiers, not optimizers.
- “protagonism” framed as a scarce resource worth killing for.
- fits the chat’s thread on what consumerism even means when agents do everything.