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Tell that to the kings in medieval times who were the only ones who could afford music from finest crafts men and silk shirts This allowed people in those craf

Tell that to the kings in medieval times who were the only ones who could afford music from finest crafts men and silk shirts This allowed people in those crafts to be very rich. Then came the evil leeches of middle men who brought cheap fine clothes for the masses and music in the hands of every broke college kid in his dorm room. So evil ! Get the sarcasm ? Calling ability for masses to do more things is somehow horrible is elitist, calling the people who make that possible leeches is just elitism in velvet glove. As long as the majority gets more value in their daily life, world is better.

jplusequalt 1y ago
>Calling ability for masses to do more things is somehow horrible is elitist What are they doing other than consuming with extra bells and whistles tacked on to it? I'm sorry, but it's not art.
oblio 1y ago
The problem, as usual, is one of scale. Quantity has a quality all its own, and all that. We maybe needed to go from 1 artist in 1 million people to 1 artist in 10 000 people. We do *not* need to go from 1 artist in 10 people. And regarding "cheap fine clothes", that was sort of fine. But what about when cars drive themselves (16.2 million persons - 10.3% of the U.S. labor force works in transportation)? AND What about when software mostly writes itself (4,4 million persons)? AND What about when stuff mostly manufactures itself (13 million persons)? AND ... ? (repeat ad-nauseam for every field upended right now by AI) If you think MAGA was bad (MAGA being mostly caused by manufacturing jobs being moved away/automated) what do you think will happen when 40% of the population is unemployed and unemployable, forever?