“Which is why the Matrix was redesigned to this: the peak of your civilization. I say your civilization, because as soon as [AI] started thinking for you it really became [AI’s] civilization, which is of course what this is all about.”
— Agent Smith, looking out the window at a circa-1998 American city skyline
s/AI/capital/g. In general, but it works really well for that quote.
The problem, as always, isn't the technology. Rather it's how people with power use the technology. Today that technology is"AI". But several decades ago it was the replacement of human judgement with financial modeling and line-goes-up über alles.
(note that even though I'm critiquing "capital" I'm not what you would call an anti-capitalist)
— Agent Smith, looking out the window at a circa-1998 American city skyline