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People often gloss over the overwhelming theme in human history of work being extracted with ruthless optimization. The pyramids got built for free, so did Ame
by runawaybottle 7y ago
People often gloss over the overwhelming theme in human history of work being extracted with ruthless optimization.
The pyramids got built for free, so did America, that whole Serf system, kids used to work, Colonization, and I think there’s people half way across the world making things for a few cents an hour as we speak.
If you want to know what’s happening, then just look at what already happened. War, technological advancement, and worker bondage are pocket aces you must to bet on when it comes to humanity.
- ethanwillis 7y agoYep! Didn't mean to imply that there's necessarily any significant period where this wasn't happening. The opposite actually. When we organize into groups this is what happens.