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[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 23 points 13 hours ago

Attendees are also asked to provide their “Political leaning” and are given the choices of “Far Left,” “Left,” “Right,” and “Far Right.” A disclaimer next to the option states that “answers WILL NOT be shared in the app or with other participants — ever.”

Then why ask?

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 56 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Dude is really leaning into the "let's be the illuminati" bit, huh?

[–] tburkhol@slrpnk.net 33 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

So, I'm not particularly surprised that a bunch of rich psychopaths hang out together, virtually or IRL. I mean, we all find our tribe eventually.

I'm not particularly surprised that a bunch of rich psychopaths hanging out together come up with schemes of mutual benefit. I'd be surprised if they didn't.

I've always thought of the Illuminati as a thing beyond that. Like, some kind of quasi-religious thing that transcends mere greed and grift. Maybe we've just reached the point in capitalism where oligarch collusion is indistinguishable from world domination, because enough of our governments have already ceded authority to their corporate overlords.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 27 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

"Fascism is capitalism in decay"

Turns out "capitalist democracy" is an oxymoron, because every business is a plutocracy/oligarchy, that rewards psychopathy because morality is less profitable, who inevitably end up using their capital to corrupt everything in their favor (politicians, regulators, media, military, the entire population, etc).

It's actually kind of mentally ill that everyone just accepts democracy can coexist alongside systemic structural inequality, but I guess religion already proves that humans are just talking apes who'll believe anything.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

We democratized our politics, but failed to democratize our workplaces and economies.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

And it turns out, it is impossible to have democratized politics unless the economy is also democratized.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Mythmaking marks the point in time when they stop to care about advancing financial profits and try to convert it into other resources they can gain, e.g. legacy and influence in the case they are playing masons, but with a starting ego boost of 9000x.

[–] Bombastic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

He knows about the Antichrist

[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 3 points 15 hours ago

What were his antichrist talks supposed to cover up? There was something with that keyword related to him before that but I can't remember what.

[–] SlumDogGazillionaire@piefed.social 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Wants to be the next Epstein.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 points 8 hours ago

Sounds good. Let's skip right to the final chapter, shall we?

[–] Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Cory Booker and Jared Polis.

I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

The list: https://github.com/nzaki-dev/dialog

[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 24 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Strauss Zelnick - Chairman & CEO, Take-Two Interactive Software.

having read nothing about him personally but plenty about how Take-Two acts as a company, I am not even slightly surprised that the head of Take-Two is the sort of chode that jives with Thiel and other techbro right-wing fascists.

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 13 points 18 hours ago

And Ezra Klein.

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sophia Bush seems like a wildly random inclusion...

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah her and JGL seem like outliers overall, I feel like I read something about him specifically being into something sketch a while back but can’t quite remember what, either way was surprised to see both those names.

Sophia’s entry is particularly hilarious because apparently simply being on One Tree Hill brings a lot of influence all on its own

[–] declaredreprimand@piefed.social 4 points 13 hours ago

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is huge on repealing Section 230, which would be disastrous.

[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 3 points 11 hours ago

Does the background look like the little xenomorphs from alien? Is he the role model for the evil corporations in the tv series Alien Earth?

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 29 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Who wants to start a super secret group chat?

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 40 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

We are currently clean on OPSEC.

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

We're always clean on OPSEC, yo!

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Super secret, but can we keep the topics as boring as humanly possible?

[–] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 13 points 18 hours ago

This is the way! Making the use of privacy tools for no other reason than you support their existence should really be the norm.

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

yes please!

[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 18 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Dr. . Peter Attia is a Canadian-American physician and author who specializes in longevity and life optimization.

Super tight with Epstein

[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 3 points 16 hours ago

That longevity didn't work out for Epstein though...

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Weird seeing Sophia Bush and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on a list of CEOs and Politicians.

[–] declaredreprimand@piefed.social 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

It’s likely due to his heavy campaigning for repealing Section 230.

Plus, his wife was a former OpenAI board member.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

You'd think AI companies would be all about having a legal layer between them and their users, so I can't imagine they'd be happy with a repeal of 230.

[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 8 points 18 hours ago

Curtain pulled back a little on the ruling class and how they control ideas and corrupt apparent "opposition"

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 7 points 18 hours ago

Kaja Kallas on the list 😱

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Kallas? I did not see that coming. Time to reevaluate.

[–] abc@suppo.fi 0 points 12 hours ago

This would be a cool place to get into.