Dont be fooled. The Repugnant Party doesn't give a damn for the worker either. Its all just talk to get you to vote for them. The Dumbocrats try to sell their story by claiming they support DEI to sucker those who lean that way into voting for them. Both parties are for the corporate overlords 100%.

But which party (or faction of it) is at least talking about it? You can find corporate rent seekers in both parties sure.

Canada too. In fact all the Anglo countries.

He's up for re-election in Nov 2026. After he wins, you can bet he will be all-in on Datacenters again and touting how wonderful for everyone they will be.

Luv it: Trumpistan. Since he's so fond of renaming Geographic entities he should rename his own country to Trumpistan.

And you have to have a phone number to login to these sites (Authenticate). Even On-line Banking, you need a phone number to log in. And in my country Mobile contracts are hideously expensive.

Its all part of the plan: the Digital Control Grid.

Just wait till the Genius Act kicks in with Stable Coins. Programmable money is coming.

Two Thumbs up!

It's time more people fully understood the meaning of "I don't care what color the Cat is, as long as it catches the Mouse".

Which is an opinionated rephrasing of the question whether ends justify the means. It’s not clear cut.

When?

I'm sure they already are. Can you imagine how much health insurance companies would luv to get their hands on such data? How much they would be willing to pay?

Main problem with that is that 90% of us are on group plans and the insurance company doesn’t get to know who’s in the group when they price the premiums for your employer, and on the (Obamacare) individual plans they can only use broad things like age, etc.

If that changes, there’s still the problem that they would have to disclose it, and when people notice, they’d be sure to avoid the restaurant where eating there increases your insurance premiums!

You're right as far as health insurance is concerned. Life insurance is different. It is often contracted on an individual basis.

maybe they start by not adjusting your rates based on your habits, but just nagging you.

Aetna already notices when I don't pick up my prescriptions on time and emails me about it. So I could imagine a dystopian future where the insurance company makes you install an app instead of using an insurance card (or at least makes this the default/easier), and the app sends you a push notification when it senses you're too close to a McDonald's and says "Do you really need that double cheeseburger? It's your third one this week! (and Apple Health says your heart rate ain't looking so great)"

I know there are a zillion reasons this couldn't happen exactly like that now, (e.g., you'd have to give permission for all of this) but how far off is it?

Happier, fitter, more productive...

It isn't just Musk, there are plenty of reputable journalists and scholars who argue the same point. Noam Chomsky for starters.

Highly useful if you are building a Digital Control Grid.