The president Gabriel Boric lashed out this Monday at the inauguration of the Future Congress 2025 in Santiago the interference of the billionaire Elon Musk in the internal politics of various countries, but above all their support for Donald Trump and the German extreme right.
Let us remember that Musk will collaborate as an external advisor to Trump and in a recent opinion column in the German newspaper Welt am Sonntagthe richest man in the world endorsed to the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), describing it as the last hope for that country in view of the elections next February 23.
Thus, several leaders of countries such as Norway, France and the United Kingdom They have already raised the alarm and accused Musk of “meddle” and interfere in the democratic processes of these nations and several others.
“I don’t want to be nostalgic for the past or this old idea that everything in the past was better. I am and I declare myself an inveterate optimist regarding the conditions of possibility of the future. But obviously you have to set alerts“, he began his speech Boric.
“What are the limits that we as humanity set? Who sets those limits? Are they democracies? Are they the people with power? “Is it just wealth, the power of money, people with more access to knowledge?”asked. And then he stated that “You have seen how billionaires are directly influencing democratic processes (…). The case of Elon Musk in Germany, what to say in the United States, but how he is campaigning for the German far-right party.”
Because of this, Boric called to remain alert and reflect on “How technology is used to intervene in democratic processes. Much has been said about the interferences that have been made since Russia to different processes. In RomaniaIf I remember correctly, the nullity of the last election as a result of the interference of other technological powers“Russia in this case, in the result of the election.”
Regarding global problems such as the climate crisis, inequality, insecurity and the weakening of democracies, Boric advocated “integrating various perspectives (…) without entering into a law where only the will of the strongest or the richest prevails.”
“This Congress of the Future It is not an abstraction only for scientists, but here there is an underlying political and ethical discussion“, held.
The Chilean president also took advantage of rip off your ministers for checking their cell phones and did not pay attention to the inauguration ceremony and in the process showed his new acquisition, an old clamshell phone without an internet connection, in order to Do not live permanently connected to social networks.
“There are government authorities that I identifiedto the eye, at least 10 who were checking their cell phone. I invite you to look up because it is very difficult in these times of immediacy (…) to be able to concentrate on the moment and listen to others,” Boric concluded.
Under the title ‘What humanity do we want to be?’, The Future Congress will last six days, in which scientists from all over the world, philosophers, experts in various technologies, art professionals, humanists, journalists and intellectuals will debate the future of humanity.
The meeting has more than 120 exhibitors whose works address topics as varied as neuroscience, artificial intelligence, applications in health, the environment and ethical and political guidelines for technological advancement.
