The similarities between Soviet Union and Silicon Valley

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2018-07-06T16:10:48Z

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Things that happen in Silicon Valley and also the Soviet Union:

waiting years to receive a car you ordered, to find that it's of poor workmanship and quality

promises of colonizing the solar system while you toil in drudgery day in, day out

living five adults to a two room apartment - being told you are constructing utopia while the system crumbles around you

'totally not illegal taxi' taxis by private citizens moonlighting to make ends meet - everything slaved to the needs of the military-industrial complex

mandatory workplace political education - productivity largely falsified to satisfy appearance of sponsoring elites

deviation from mainstream narrative carries heavy social and political consequences - networked computers exist but they're really bad

Henry Kissinger visits sometimes for some reason

elite power struggles result in massive collateral damage, sometimes purges - failures are bizarrely upheld as triumphs

otherwise extremely intelligent people just turning the crank because it's the only way to get ahead

the plight of the working class is discussed mainly by people who do no work

the United States as a whole is depicted as evil by default

the currency most people are talking about is fake and worthless

the economy is centrally planned, using opaque algorithms not fully understood by their users

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