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Opposing AI Under Capitalism

Opposing AI Under Capitalism

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TurnipOct 04, 2026ShareSection 1: How a Pandemic Turned Me SocialistDirectly to the left of a tasteful yet austere exposed concrete pillar are floor-to-ceiling windows, which give my apartment a magnificent vista of the endless sprawling highways and parking lots of the so-called “city” of Houston. It sits on the top floor of a recently constructed luxury mid-rise in a gentrified neighborhood, where I stand ready to renew the lease for another 13 months of this lifestyle. It’s a nice lifestyle and I can afford it.It’s affordable because I am awarded handsomely via selling my labor to the highest bidder, and right now the top bidder wants me to engine the oils of capital by writing automated trading software at a mid-tier high-frequency trading firm.

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Opposing AI Under CapitalismE.F. TurnipOct 04, 2026ShareSection 1: How a Pandemic Turned Me SocialistDirectly to the left of a tasteful yet austere exposed concrete pillar are floor-to-ceiling windows, which give my apartment a magnificent vista of the endless sprawling highways and parking lots of the so-called “city” of Houston. It sits on the top floor of a recently constructed luxury mid-rise in a gentrified neighborhood, where I stand ready to renew the lease for another 13 months of this lifestyle.

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