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Technology can't fix capitalism but when you are actually capturing the value of your own labor that productivity boost goes right into your pocket. It sucks s
by Spivak 4y ago
Technology can't fix capitalism but when you are actually capturing the value of your own labor that productivity boost goes right into your pocket.
It sucks so much to see people have such a negative opinion of a technology that can takes work off human hands when the technology isn't what makes it shitty, it's the raw deal we've been handed where nine tenths of your labor goes to your corporate owner.
- dahwolf 4y agoI totally agree. My vision for the future is that we dial back our obsession with stuff a bit, and in return get back more free time. We drastically need a vision for society to believe in, where life gets better, and not endlessly worse. Scenario 1: my economic existence is granted, not under constant threat. I'm now cleared to embrace and welcome any and all technology as an enabler to fulfill my dreams, and hopefully in some way improve the world. Which in turn allows others to improve the world. A fly wheel effect. Scenario 2: I have a family to feed. Fuck this new tool. Another new thing to learn and I already struggle to keep up. No matter how good it is, it will in no way improve my life as it only adds to my load, and will ultimately replace me altogether. Stark difference.
- hackyhacky 4y agoWe were promised a 20-hour work week in response to advances in technology during the Industrial Revolution. Didn't happen. There's always someone hungrier, more ambitious who will work more than you.