The inequality is going to be so large that, as cousin_it said, the powerful will effectively have root-level access over the powerless. They can do anything. ANYTHING.
Vague theorizing about what these people’s motivations might be do not dissuade me from the notion that some of them are going to be sadistic. There is no universe in which this doesn’t turn basically maximally awful, at least in some regions of the universe.
And if you think the other powerful people will keep the sadists in check, even though the powerless are literally powerless, as in they have no means whatsoever to check their power even in a small way, or speak up against the wishes of their masters if their masters don’t allow it...
Then I have to ask you: How’s veganism doing?
I will believe in a benevolent superior species when I see one.
The inequality is going to be so large that, as cousin_it said, the powerful will effectively have root-level access over the powerless. They can do anything. ANYTHING.
Vague theorizing about what these people’s motivations might be do not dissuade me from the notion that some of them are going to be sadistic. There is no universe in which this doesn’t turn basically maximally awful, at least in some regions of the universe.
And if you think the other powerful people will keep the sadists in check, even though the powerless are literally powerless, as in they have no means whatsoever to check their power even in a small way, or speak up against the wishes of their masters if their masters don’t allow it...
Then I have to ask you: How’s veganism doing?
I will believe in a benevolent superior species when I see one.