• Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    It’s important to remember that the notion of “humans are the virus” said by Smith shortly after or before this (which is a very popular opinion right now) is inherently ecofascist.

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      2 days ago

      I don’t quite follow

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecofascism

      they will typically argue that overpopulation is the primary threat to the environment and that the only solution is a complete halt to immigration or, at their most extreme, genocide against various groups and ethnicities

      Smith wasn’t arguing for the eradication of the human race, since his life and the life of all machines depend on it. He just hates the emotional inefficiency of it (free will and all that)