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Comment by analog31

4 hours ago

The same people who are being boo'd for being AI tycoons would have been cheered by the same students 4 years ago for just being tycoons.

I hope everybody reflects on the fact that it's the same people.

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nehal3m  4 hours ago

Am I out of touch? No, it’s the children who are wrong.

  • analog31  1 few seconds ago

    I'm not blaming the kids. They are a reflection of society as a whole. It's just a statement of how society has changed our views of tech billionaires over the span of just a few years.

    I still remember a conversation at the lunch table a few years ago, where I suggested that a wealth tax on billionaires might be a good idea. And the arguments against such a tax were framed in terms of its effect on Elon Musk.

    Yes, that Elon Musk.

  • Nasrudith  4 hours ago

    Listen, right now the children are tripping over themselves competing to be worst possible people. They witchhunt on AI, antisemtism is on the rise including all of the stock cannards, they have turned hating things into a fucking performance for clout. I want to be able to like the younger generations but there is no getting around that sometimes the kids really are fucked in the head.

    • r_lee  4 hours ago

      are you proud of being old and not being able to emphasize with the younger generations?

      I feel like I see this a lot. oh I'm so old bla bla bla I don't get this oh I have no idea why xyz...

      if you're young right now, your future seems to be certainly fucked.

      do you think the youth is going to be all upstraight and say "take the bull by its horns!" as they give up any hope of owning a house or having a family?

      but I guess they are "fucked in the head". they should be appreciating the S&P500 all time highs on their 401ks... oh right, they're not part of the gravy train. whoopsie

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    • nehal3m  4 hours ago

      Did you expect them to cheer on a billionaire that had a direct hand in fucking up their future? In this case the hate is rational if you ask me, and I’m a late millennial.

dsr_  4 hours ago

If your behavior doesn't change when you realize the world has changed, that's a bad sign.

So, the change in behavior by the students is a good sign.