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Brutal paper: automation may lead to political repression.
As automation shifts income from labor to capital, workers become poorer, revolt becomes more likely, and elites face a choice: redistribute, slow automation, or repress.
But here is the issue: redistribution becomes more expensive precisely when automation makes labor less necessary.
Repression, by contrast, becomes relatively more attractive.
Therefore, elites may prefer repression to slowing down automation or redistributing its gains.
This is the dark political economy of AI.
So far, much of the debate has been about: “AI may take your job.”
But economistar Daron Acemoglu, and colleagues Arda Gitmez, and Mehdi Shadmehr make a deeper point:
AI may reduce the political need to care whether you have a job.
The future may not be redistribution.
It may be surveillance, control, repression.
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Full paper in the first reply.
I suspect anthropic ipo will be the end of the ai bubble. Everything will go downhill after it. Everything is already primed to do so. But it seems like a good timing as any
Rate hikes incoming next month too. Israel will want to attack iran and drag the US again before january change of guard at the hill which would probably see a vote pass to withdraw US troops. AI debt circlejerk is topping and the nvidia situation will probably be the catalyst that starts the ball rolling downhill
I dont understand how people are bullish in the markets rn. Could be wrong but im doing what i believe to be right for myself
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🚨 BREAKING: The new Epstein discharge petition just hit 218 signatures. Every Democrat signed, plus Massie, Mace, Norman and Fitzpatrick. That forces a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which would let survivors and state AGs sue DOJ to release the files. Johnson can’t stop it.
Two years into the Trump presidency, I’m genuinely curious how CT feels about how it all panned out
As single-issue voters who voted, funded and supported this admin: was it worth it? Is your life better? Have your bags pumped? is crypto more accepted by normies than it was before?
How are you viewing things right now?
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This is why everyone is REALLY scared of him. He is very smart ! It’s been so long since we’ve seen such directness and accuracy. We need more leaders like him in government.
this is as important for world football as it is for politics that leftists win elections
infantino is like the liberal corrupt corporate politicians that perpetuate a status quo that ruins everything over the years
Arsene Wenger is this week expected to make a final decision on whether he is going to stand against Gianni Infantino in the FIFA presidential election.
Wenger is being lobbied by key stakeholders in football, including UEFA, to put himself forward as a candidate ahead of the November 18 deadline.
The 77-year-old has served as FIFA’s chief of global football development since November 2019 and is considered to be one of the most widely respected figures in the game and would therefore be a serious rival to Infantino.
📝 @Dan_Sheldon_ and @mjshrimper
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CONCERNING
bro uses racism like zionists use antisemitism
CNN: Hakeem Jeffries responds to DSA supporters who chanted "You're next!" at victory party
"It was very interesting to me, as observed by others, that there was almost zero diversity in that crowd."
Link: edition.cnn.com/2026/11/08/p…
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💔 The situation in Gaza is catastrophic We are drowning, shivering from fear and cold.
Where is the world? Where is humanity? How much longer must we endure this injustice? How much longer will the world remain silent in the face of our suffering? 😭🇵🇸
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How much suffering must the Palestinian people endure while world leaders do nothing? Is there no end to these horrors, no limit to the cruelty?
Heavy rainfall triggered flooding through displacement camps in Gaza City, with Palestinians saying their belongings, including their bedding, have all become soaked reut.rs/3VcFphx
