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That's the key. The poor are useful to business so long as they are a source of money and power. What happens if the time comes that the poor have nothing the r
by Buttons840 1y ago
That's the key. The poor are useful to business so long as they are a source of money and power. What happens if the time comes that the poor have nothing the rich want?
- tbossanova 1y agoOh, the rich will be very happy wielding sadistic power over the poor
- happymellon 1y agoThey will always want entertainment. Whether it's gladiators or bum fights, the poor will ultimately be given a job. Robot wars was fun, but UFC has stayed.
- bluefirebrand 1y agoHistorically in this case eventually the poor kill the rich Probably not this time though
- 64718283661 1y agoIf they killed the poor, then how can they enjoy their power over people?
- balamatom 1y agoThey'll just make some more poor to kill.
- noduerme 1y agoIt's strange that socialists seem more concerned with their material possessions than anyone else.
- Lio 1y agoI guess that’s why Larry, Zuck and Thiel, et al want constant recording of the plebs, so that ‘citizens will be on their best behaviour’. This time there will be no revolution but it will be televised. :P
- Buttons840 1y agoI mean, eventually like 1 person is going to have more wealth than 60% of the nation combined. At that point, why even bother trying to earn customers or appeal to the lower half when you can instead curry favor with that 1 person.
- delusional 1y agoThe poor will always have the only thing the rich want. Labor. Without labor Trump cannot slather the white house in gold. Without labor Zuck cannot smoke meats. Without labor Musk cannot troll people on X. The rich do not want anything you have, they want you. Body and soul.
- lukan 1y agoRobots can take most of the jobs, but the feeling of power over other humans they likely cannot replace.
- delusional 1y ago> Robots can take most of the jobs Not in our lifetimes and certainly not in our form of society. Robots will only drive down the price of labor. People will always be able to supply labor at costs below the price of materials for robots.
- lukan 1y ago" People will always be able to supply labor at costs below the price of materials for robots." Why? What critical materials do robots need that will always be more expansive than raising a human? Also, from the point of "the rich" - the benefit of a robot is, that it will (stupidly) do as command, unlike a human. They don't have a family they want to take care first.
- heavyset_go 1y agoThe rich will need play things. Think Westworld, but with real people.