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"The productivity, and the free time, would accrue to those expending the effort of production - as morally it should." This argument is not only not what happ
by analognoise 5y ago
"The productivity, and the free time, would accrue to those expending the effort of production - as morally it should."
This argument is not only not what happens in practice, it is a bold assertion for morality. What we actually have is that a class of people have infinite free time because people believe this lie - the "Job creator class" myth. The same job creators that need to be bailed out (with our money) every time the economy sneezes.
There's nothing morally correct or right about working under the assumption of homelessness or starvation - it's a threat that doesn't need to exist, to "produce" more. More of what? We already throw out tons and tons of food to keep prices at certain places for the sake of farmers and "the economy". The whole thing is artifice upon artifice - thousands of empty vacation homes, workers living with multiple people.
What is the point of all this production if the gains don't ever actually reach the people doing the work?