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b'We go in on the dangerous obsession that billionaires like Bill Gates have with framing the most existential risks in society, from public health to climate catastrophe, as problems of market failure that can be solved through clever engineering, technological innovation, and property rights. All of which are best administered by who? You guessed it: \\u201chundreds of Elon Musks.\\u201d They come preaching salvation, while in reality they are practicing necropolitics\\u2014or, the power to decide who may live, who must die, and in what ways for which reasons.\\n\\nSome stuff we reference:\\n\\u2022 How Does Bill Gates Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis? | by Bill McKibben https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/books/review/bill-gates-how-to-avoid-a-climate-disaster.html \\n\\u2022 The Dark Side of Bill Gates\\u2019s Climate Techno-Optimism | by Kate Aronoff https://newrepublic.com/article/161533/bill-gates-climate-vaccines \\n\\nTMK shirts are now available here: https://www.bonfire.com/mech-luddite/ \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! http://patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)'