• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    By holding the purse strings (the economy will have collapsed) and by making the laws (which won’t exist anymore).

    Also, I think you underestimate the loyalty of a paid security staff when they stop getting paid.

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      8 months ago

      What makes you think they’re not being paid anymore? Of course they are. Just the coinage that’s changed really.

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          8 months ago

          Food, shelter, creature comfort, the last little bit of a civilization that exists, Etc…

          Historically speaking that’s been enough for a lot of people. A lot of those authoritarian dictators throughout history stayed on a long time. Sure they could have been killed, but that inertia takes over.

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              8 months ago

              Maybe, maybe not. Which has been my point the whole time you’ll notice. The inertia. People of historically put up with the crazy ass dictator the whole time. Why? Same reason we I’ll put up with nonsense in our daily lives, it’s easier. People like stability. Your scenario is just one possibility, but it’s by no means a guaranteed possibility.

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                8 months ago

                You’re not wrong, necessarily, but I do believe a lot of people would get really violent really fast if some asshole billionaire showed up with threats and a shock collar. Especially if they are armed and trained.

                I’d rather take my chances living rough, tbh. I feel like that’d be more stable than living under some nutcase with a button to press.

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                8 months ago

                I really don’t think very many, if any, people Elon would pay for post-apocalyptic bunker security would be sycophants. Paid security usually isn’t. And the type of people who love Elon would not make for good security.

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                8 months ago

                Most authoritarian regimes generate revenue that can be distributed among the people who keep the regime going. If you kill the dictator, you would have to take over the operations to keep the money flowing. However, if there’s a total breakdown of society, then the dictator has a big treasury, but no income. So the guards have a choice between either getting a small cut of the treasury each month, or killing the dictator/billionaire, and taking all of the treasury for themselves.