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i think so too, or at least that's what their silicon valley libertarian faction has told them
and they are also just grifting and know it's all going down, except for a few true believers
The scariest part for me is I just flat out don't know how much of it all is grifters and how much is true believers. They honestly seem to be going all in on this in a way that only makes sense if the majority of them are true believers.
i think the lines are blurring. cognitive dissonance dominates the corporate world, especially at the higher levels. you openly state/believe one thing, internally another contradictory thing.
eventually though the human mind can't handle it and you either somewhat disassociate those two sides of yourself or leave one at work and one at home. but modern tech won't allow this. you have to be on 24/7. so you can't compartmentalize anymore.
so you may have doubts but still operate as a true believer, because true believer = paycheck/stock options/wealth/power. it becomes one and the same as the Grift.
you forget you are playing a role and doing an act and i guess just go full method acting. fully immersed, LARPing, whatever to get ahead.
certainly feels that's happening to the silicon valley types and by extension the ruling class.
Yeah, it's much more about greasing palms and kissing ass to get ahead than it is about actually "believing" anything, it's a post-truth environment at this point. Reminds me a lot of the corruption in the late Russian Empire and Warlord era China. Capitalism probably just inevitably leads to this sort of thing.
I talked to an acquaintance last weekend and I gleaned that he basically thinks this.