This was published in February and reached me recently through a paper magazine that has translated it to Swedish (this is the version I have read). I think it's a nice way of describing what is...
This was published in February and reached me recently through a paper magazine that has translated it to Swedish (this is the version I have read).
I think it's a nice way of describing what is happening in "The West" (we hear mostly about the USA, but it is not only there) with the extremely wealthy and how it connects the dots between feudalism, fascism, patriarchy and extreme wealth.
There is no outrage in the text, just an explanation.
It's quite fascinating to read this while also reading The Weirdest People in the World (by Joseph Henrich) that explores how social bonds are created and upheld in the world.
It is like the Oligarchs are trying to build the kinship networks that no longer exist (or at least are severely weakened) in our parts of the world, building new families and webs of loyalty.
I'm doing the article a disservice by trying to paint a picture of my thoughts, just read it ;)
(I'm also posting this as I find the source exciting, seems to have a lot of worth while texts, and there is also a printed magazine!)
Here's a similar article that might help to explain the phenomenon?: We already know what a world without work looks like - Asterisk Magazine Basically, drawing parallels to 18th-century European...
the Oligarchs are trying to build the kinship networks that no longer exist
Here's a similar article that might help to explain the phenomenon?:
Basically, drawing parallels to 18th-century European aristocrats, the author argues that a future post-work world driven by automation will revert humanity into a highly personal, status-obsessed "relational society" centered around gossip and dominance hierarchies.
In contrast, modern work and impersonal market economies foster liberal individualism, allowing people to derive dignity from objective accomplishments and freeing personal relationships from transactional necessity.
Losing modern work to AI risks eroding these individualist values and returning society to a more clannish, restrictive way of life. But maybe that's already happening anyway? Or maybe elites have never ever actually been defined by their job roles except as brief periods of cosplay?
I will read the article later... Your comment somehow reminded of another article: https://robotgirlgang.com/2026/10/08/robot-is-a-social-construct-why-your-dishwasher-is-not-a-robot/ and the...
This was published in February and reached me recently through a paper magazine that has translated it to Swedish (this is the version I have read).
I think it's a nice way of describing what is happening in "The West" (we hear mostly about the USA, but it is not only there) with the extremely wealthy and how it connects the dots between feudalism, fascism, patriarchy and extreme wealth.
There is no outrage in the text, just an explanation.
It's quite fascinating to read this while also reading The Weirdest People in the World (by Joseph Henrich) that explores how social bonds are created and upheld in the world.
It is like the Oligarchs are trying to build the kinship networks that no longer exist (or at least are severely weakened) in our parts of the world, building new families and webs of loyalty.
I'm doing the article a disservice by trying to paint a picture of my thoughts, just read it ;)
(I'm also posting this as I find the source exciting, seems to have a lot of worth while texts, and there is also a printed magazine!)
To conservatives, departing from feudalism was a mistake to be reversed.
Here's a similar article that might help to explain the phenomenon?:
We already know what a world without work looks like - Asterisk Magazine
Basically, drawing parallels to 18th-century European aristocrats, the author argues that a future post-work world driven by automation will revert humanity into a highly personal, status-obsessed "relational society" centered around gossip and dominance hierarchies.
In contrast, modern work and impersonal market economies foster liberal individualism, allowing people to derive dignity from objective accomplishments and freeing personal relationships from transactional necessity.
Losing modern work to AI risks eroding these individualist values and returning society to a more clannish, restrictive way of life. But maybe that's already happening anyway? Or maybe elites have never ever actually been defined by their job roles except as brief periods of cosplay?
I will read the article later...
Your comment somehow reminded of another article: https://robotgirlgang.com/2026/10/08/robot-is-a-social-construct-why-your-dishwasher-is-not-a-robot/ and the discussion it has on lobster.rs