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"Forever" is before the space race, before everyone was driving instead of riding, before everyone had the Internet, TV or even radios in their home. Every ste
by prodmerc 10y ago
"Forever" is before the space race, before everyone was driving instead of riding, before everyone had the Internet, TV or even radios in their home.
Every step in industrialization has hurt a lot of people, and their number is increasing every time. This time it's going to be millions.
I don't know if that's enough for a critical mass of sorts for some huge revolt, it may be.
- problems 10y agoUltimately it's helped far more people than it's hurt. It's given us medicine, it's given us affordable food, clothing and incredible technology. To the extent that I can comfortably say I'd rather be lower class now than upper class just a few hundred years ago.
- gozur88 10y ago"...increasing every time."? I doubt that. I don't think we'll ever see a dislocation like we saw with agricuture in first world countries, where an occupation that employed 95%+ of the people is now done by something like 3% (depending on how you measure it).
- prodmerc 10y agoWhy, you're in luck I guess, that should happen again within the next two decades. Thankfully (or unfortunately?) the world is more globalized than ever, people will be moving all over the planet.
- gozur88 10y agoI doubt that, too. People will continue to move from the countryside to cities within their countries, but the days of mostly open borders are probably coming to a close.
- maverick_iceman 10y agoCommunists are dreaming of the revolution since 1848, it never arrives.