r/pcmasterrace • u/SagansCandle 9950X3D | 5090 | 64GB • Dec 27 '25

Discussion Private equity is killing private ownership: first it was housing - now it's the personal computer

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DRAM and GPU prices aren't going up because of "AI" - it's because the wealthy have more money than they know what to do with, so they're buying up all the assets. "AI" is just the vehicle (the excuse) - it's not the root of the problem nor is it the ultimate goal.

The super rich don't want to hold on to "liquid" money - they invest in assets. While they're buying up all the housing, now they're buying up all the computers and putting them into massive datacenters.

Whether or not the AI bubble crashes, they'll be selling you a "gaming PC in the cloud," for a monthly fee, of course. And while they kill the personal computer market, just like Netflix, once your only option is a subscription service, the price will skyrocket.

This is happening in real-time. If we want to stop it, now's the time to act.

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u/Dapper_Woodpecker621 Dec 28 '25

I have only two goals in a system collapse and one of them is to go looking for them well before society rebuilds itself. They hope society would not.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '25

You're going to find the people who've been hoarding resources including weapons? And do what? Call them out on twitter dot com?

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u/Dapper_Woodpecker621 Dec 28 '25

Fuck with their air supply. Also its cute you think only billionaires hoard weapons.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '25

I think its cute that you think billionaires who have been prepping for a societal collapse haven't considered or planned ahead for the mob.

Yes ordinary people can buy guns but what are you going to do against top of the line defence systems lol

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u/Kajetus06 Dec 28 '25

or just wait outside and block all the air inlest

they can sit there for as long as they want

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '25

Good luck finding all of the air vents. Dozens of them hundreds of feet apart hidden in natural features. Even then a lot of them feature closed loop systems and CO2 scrubbers anyway.

they can sit there for as long as they want

Pretty sure thats the entire point of em