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In case people were wondering what this has to do with anarchism, I felt this raises some salient points. For example
(As futurist and SF author Karl Schroeder remarks, every technology has political implications. If you have automobiles you will inevitably find out that you need speed limits, drunk driving laws, vehicle and driver licensing to ensure the cars and their drivers are safe … and then jaywalking laws, the systematic segregation of pedestrians and non-automotive traffic from formerly public spaces, air pollution, and an ongoing level of deaths and injuries comparable to a small war. You also get diversion of infrastructure spending from railways to road building, and effective limits on civil participation by non-drivers.
This older article covers something similar from a bit of a different angle. Intersecting on how they uphold this really shallow idea of SciFi as justification for their actions.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/07/the-fake-nerd-boys-of-silicon-valley
if anyone is interested in further reading.