Did you know George Orwell was a self-described democratic socialist? You might not, considering some of his most seminal works are twisted and touted by the likes of Jordan Peterson. But Orwell’s works beautifully depict how communism and capitalism are slippery slopes to totalitarianism and tyranny, yet we are often only shown one side of this coin. Sure, most of his works mainly pointed towards Communism, but he saw the exact same totalitarian mechanisms in capitalism. Don’t forget that in 1984, he wrote, “The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave… If anyone disobeyed them, they could throw him into prison, or they could take his job away and starve him to death.” Why does this matter? Because arguably the most influential capitalist in the world, Mr “free-speech absolutist” Musk, has just made Orwell’s most demonic and dystopian prediction, 1984’s Big Brother and thoughtcrime, a reality. So, welcome to the age of AI totalitarianism; it’s all downhill from here.
Sounds like I’m exaggerating, right?
Well, multiple reports have come out that DOGE has deployed its AI tools across multiple federal agencies to automate firings of employees by identifying anti-Trump or Musk sentiment in their communications. There is zero evidence that these tools even look at these people’s efficiency or competency. In fact, many reports detail how the AI identifies “perceived” disloyalty and then fires them under the pretext of efficiency. So this AI isn’t searching for blanant messages like “F**k Musk”, instead it is finding patterns in communication it thinks are related to disloyalty, and then automatically firing that person.
Let me remind you that in 1984, Big Brother is this ever-present surveillance, and if you even show the slightest hint of disloyalty to the tyrannical leader, you are carted away for committing “thoughtcrime” without a day in court.
This is a staple of totalitarian rule, optimising systems for loyalty, not competency, as any form of dissent, criticism, or accountability is lethal to them.
Oh, and just a heads up to anyone who wasn’t paying attention, this is the kind of stuff DEI was set up to prevent. So, no points for guessing why Trump stamped it out as soon as his fat arse tounched his imaginary throne.
But, this is just limited to federal agencies. Right?
Well, yes, for now. However, the cogs have been set in motion to unleash this on the entire US.
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