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I think you're the only person in the thread who actually gets it. The true danger of robots for mass combat is that it moves the power squarely into Capital a
by angersock 9y ago
I think you're the only person in the thread who actually gets it.
The true danger of robots for mass combat is that it moves the power squarely into Capital and away from Labor. As long as humans are in the equation, you can always have troopers (and the populace that birthed/supports them) say "No more, this conflict must cease".
If war becomes a matter of some rich asshole turning the murderbot factory knob a little higher to deal with the riffraff, we're in trouble.
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- foota 9y agoHas "No more, this conflict must cease" ever happened?
- qw 9y agoIt contributed to USA pulling out of the war in Vietnam
- duncan_bayne 9y agoVery regularly, throughout history. To take one example, there were numerous mutinies during WWI and commanders had to take great care to keep the war going. Britain was pretty much the only European power that _didn't_ encounter serious mutinies. http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/the-great-war/great-war-on-land/britain-allies/416-brit-mutiny.html http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/the-great-war/great-w...
- swsieber 9y agoWell, you've had war protests and resisting a draft. In a different manner, there was the Christmas truce of 1914. I think though on a different scale, if your people aren't out there dying, it's easy to forget about the massacre and tryranny your country might be perpetrating. The out of sight out of mind problem.
- jjoonathan 9y agoAlternative hypothesis: once robotics hits a point where it's possible for an average person (or small group of people) to own the capital necessary to carve out a decent life (by modern standards), labor starts splintering away from the global economy en masse. With their foundations gone, the pyramids schemes crumble, and Capital is the one caught out.
- AstralStorm 9y agoCapital has superior access to Research and Politics than a random Joe with a robot. These won't splinter nowhere near as easily as manufacturing.