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Re:'e/acc' – Silicon Valley's favorite obscure theory about ... by pringk02 on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:37AM (#38684835)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism

Though it has left-wing and right-wing variants, accelerationism argues that one should double down on capitalisim in order to destroy it.

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Re:'e/acc' – Silicon Valley's favorite obscure theory about ... by timmytokyo on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:52AM (#38684984)
The variant supported by most Silicon Valley types appears to be the right-wing one. Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto" cites Filippo Marinetti, founder of the Italian futurist and fascist movements, as one of its "patron saints". Also included: Nick Land, spiritual father of the "dark enlightenment" accelerationist philosophy known known as neoreaction.
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Re:'e/acc' – Silicon Valley's favorite obscure theory about ... by malermeister on Monday December 18, 2023 @12:02PM (#38685119)
Most Silicon Valley VC types are poorly disguised crypto- (excuse the double entendre) fascists.
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Re:'e/acc' – Silicon Valley's favorite obscure theory about ... by zozbot234 on Monday December 18, 2023 @12:30PM (#38685513)
That was Marx's original theory - capitalism had to reach its full and complete development before it could transition into socialism. This is still understood in China as their rationale for supporting a market economy even in a supposedly 'socialist' country.
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