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> Technological benefits make individual workers more productive, allowing them to be exploited for more profit. It also makes harder jobs easier and in some c
by groundhogday3 5y ago
> Technological benefits make individual workers more productive, allowing them to be exploited for more profit.
It also makes harder jobs easier and in some cases allows someone unskilled to perform a job that a only a more highly skilled person could do. Thus someone is easier to replace and thus cheaper.
> If you don't understand the economics or incentive of the situation, there's no reasoning you out of a box you didn't reason yourself into.
I understand it fine. Technological advances is a double edged sword with regards to Labour. It may create whole new industries while destroying old ones.
- babypuncher 5y agoYou are talking about people like they are commodities. That is your problem.