Go back to sleep cog

If you’re looking for a more optimistic take, read Hold strong: The cruelty increases with desperation. The video below is by the same guy—Hasan Piker—as in the other article but with a much less hopeful take this time. This video describes the current state of things: that we are cogs in a well-oiled, rent-extraction machine. We have to wake up to it, use our agency, and stop believing all of the bullshit.

you think you have rights? by HasanAbi (YouTube)

“Every single American is being surveilled at every single moment of the day.

“How is it not illegal or goes against our rights?

“Dude, you’re an American. Do you not understand? We’re nothing. We are peasants who have been deluded into thinking that we have any kind of self-importance whatsoever.

“This is what I keep repeating over and over again. And people seemingly do not understand. They do not understand. You do not understand.

“We do not have rights. You know who has rights? Corporations have rights. They have the right to do whatever the fuck they want. Okay? They have a right to get the bag by any means necessary.

“Neo wakes upWe’re just running around thinking like, “Oh, we got autonomy. We do whatever we want.” Yeah, good luck, dude. Every single aspect of your life, whether you are aware of it or not, is being commoditized by these AI tech companies.

“This is quite literally just a mass surveillance operation, openly traded on the market. Like all your movements are tracked and they’re sold to data brokers. They’re sold to companies that want to surveil you for one reason or another to sell you more. Law enforcement has access to this. Your landlord has access to it.

“We’re literally lab rats, brother.”