awt_akris[asciilifeform]: !!ticker btc usd
deedbot[asciilifeform]: $26,117
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: asciilifeform: Did you mean to imply (in your remarks above) that wars are cooperatively arranged by elites of various nations?
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: I hope that you do not mind me asking.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: I am not unfamiliar with the notion, but in my mind it borders on David Icke's school of thought.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: Of course, Socialists made such allegations against the older European society.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: But many wars of the 20th century involved Socialism.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: Also, I obtained a copy of the Tea with Hitler book which you recommended, but have not read it yet.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/pest/2023-08-24#1030598 << One of the problems with Yarvin's approach is that the space-colony would be susceptible to "soft power."
dulapbot: Logged on 2023-08-24 14:43:17 asciilifeform: yarvin, concretely, departed from genre tradition by trying to present such a hellscape as a desirable place to live.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: The members of the space-colony would be tempted to import entertainment from earth: films, TV series, video-games.
signpost[asciilifeform]: coordination is not required where incentives are aligned.
signpost[asciilifeform]: will not speak for asciilifeform, but this is my view.
signpost[asciilifeform]: I do not think the NATO/BRICS war is contrived, and I do think it will get hotter, *for* the above-stated reason.
signpost[asciilifeform]: there's nothing so profitable as hegemony, and we're weak, and getting weaker.
asciilifeform: http://logs.bitdash.io/pest/2023-08-25#1030111 << some of'em
bitbot[asciilifeform]: Logged on 2023-08-25 11:58:38 gregorynyssa[PeterL|deedbot|signpost]: asciilifeform: Did you mean to imply (in your remarks above) that wars are cooperatively arranged by elites of various nations?
asciilifeform: http://logs.bitdash.io/pest/2023-08-25#1030119 << what entertainment do we import from ant hills ?
bitbot[asciilifeform]: Logged on 2023-08-25 12:07:19 gregorynyssa[deedbot|signpost|PeterL]: The members of the space-colony would be tempted to import entertainment from earth: films, TV series, video-games.
asciilifeform: ... or, hell, from e.g. the congo ?
asciilifeform: the warden, in this scenario, is necessarily at least coupla notches smarter than the prisoners.
PeterL[asciilifeform]: I've heard that Nigeria has a huge movie industry, but somehow I've never seen any of their products
asciilifeform: me neither
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: PeterL: asciilifeform: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbkI0vlg-Uc
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: Here is an example of a domestic African science-fiction film. I saw this years ago.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: I think the producer is Ghanian.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: https://youtu.be/HHBkFNp9jb8?t=3483 << This is one of the exciting parts.