tantetante@tldr.nettime.org
Sep 24, 2026, 7:11 PM@oscillator Alibaba wants to be in the AI game and Omarchy presenting itself as an operating system for slopjockeys does fit in to a degree
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oscillatoroscillator@chaos.socialSep 24, 2026, 7:16 PM@tante Okay, thanks, sounds reasonable. It still feels like not the whole story though. Every other donator has some more or less political-/ not just business-incentive, right? From a business perspective and compared to stuff like Open Claw, Omarchy looks very niche.
- tantetante@tldr.nettime.orgSep 24, 2026, 7:25 PM
@oscillator it is. That's why that money is still so fucking weird
ArneBabArneBab@rollenspiel.socialSep 24, 2026, 7:35 PM@tante it’s possible that there is ideological overlap where it comes to skirting regulations and putting power into the hands of the (rich) family:
https://www.csis.org/blogs/new-perspectives-asia/calculated-consequences-case-alibaba
- ArneBabArneBab@rollenspiel.socialSep 24, 2026, 8:26 PM
@tante or it could be a ploy to create strategic dependencies in a system that may come to be used by US military:
https://www.ft.com/content/30fb83a0-8cb9-4805-b5d2-19b5ef510043?syn-25a6b1a6=1
"White House memo claims Alibaba is helping Chinese military target US" 
Sep 26, 2026, 3:58 PM@ArneBab @tante @oscillator
After Xi's visit, it can also be interpreted as a sign of Chinese support for the fascist ecosystem in the US.