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> Sure, they lost their jobs. But they weren't creators. They were rent seekers. Rent seeking on an arbitrary mechanical skill. Labor is not rent-seeking. That
by Atreiden 2y ago
> Sure, they lost their jobs. But they weren't creators. They were rent seekers. Rent seeking on an arbitrary mechanical skill.
Labor is not rent-seeking. That is not what this term means. Vilifying skilled laborers that lost their career due to automation, while glorifying the factory owners who coopted the entirety of this economic surplus for themselves, is capitalist propaganda.