The problem is not that the immensely rich technological elites are designing a very restricted plan B, based on fleeing the world to protect themselves. Rockets to escape from Earth because those elites are aware that we are going to hell.
These are the words of the acting vice president, Yolanda Díaz, within the framework of a meeting on the future of our country. The problem with these technological elites is not that they go to the outer spaces to save themselves, but that they stay and continue controlling politics, the media, finances and citizen thought.
Vice President Yolanda Díaz was reflecting on some readings, I suspect science fiction, that she had recently done and that served to scare the personnel who will never be able to escape from Earth until the last of their days arrives.
Elites have existed and will exist. They can be technological, financial, ideological or intellectual. The ones the vice president is referring to are those who already practice space tourism and experience flights with rockets, always at a cost that is unaffordable for the average citizen, a test so that one day that they consider not too far away they will be able to transport them to a safe space, outside the Earth, where they can enjoy their wealth, their security and their well-being. As long as there are no comfortable and fixed bases in spaces, the vice president is content with the world of the metaverse and the fortress mansions of New Zealand.
The speech is a way to entertain the public attending a session on the politics of the future on a Saturday afternoon. But don’t worry, vice president, the technological elites won’t go away anytime soon. They are here and politicians have no way to counteract their ability to influence societies, creating states of opinion and fomenting confusion in a world in which narrative prevails over reality and insistence on the veracity of facts is unauthorized. by algorithms that promote campaigns frequently based on clear or covert lies.
Technological elites are an adaptation of the concept of extractive elites put into circulation a few years ago by economists Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson in their celebrated book Why Countries Fail. The elites, those of always and those of now, are made up of those groups that deviate from the achievement of the general good and dedicate their efforts to their own well-being and that of the group to which they belong.
The ranking of technological elites includes Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberger, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. All of them are immensely rich and some have experimented with space tourism. These four characters have more power than all the G-7 leaders assembled each year. They are the owners of Twitter (now X), Meta-Facebook and Instagram, among other companies. They were the ones who closed Donald Trump’s accounts on January 6, 2021 and the coup d’état that was underway in the Capitol was able to stop in time.
Politics and the transmission of knowledge today pass through the sieve of social networks and those who direct and own the large platforms, among them the one that manages artificial intelligence, an instrument already used by millions of people and that escapes the control of governments, parliaments and tax agencies.
Before they leave with rockets and abandon the earth, I suggest to Vice President Díaz that she promote control policies so that these large technological conglomerates with media, economic and political ramifications are accountable for their immense power, pay taxes and can be subjected to control. of governments and parliaments.
Is it logical that Elon Musk can decide on his own the use or deactivation of weapons in the Black Sea regardless of the political decisions of the country in which he resides? On more than twelve occasions so far this year, Musk has challenged the Federal Reserve’s authority to raise interest rates. He would advise Vice President Díaz to pay more attention to what the tech elites do while they are on Earth, before they leave.
