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Very much a "the children yearn for the mines" sentiment. People don't "need" jobs, they need food, shelter, clothing, health care, and community. Jobs are jus
by pcthrowaway 1y ago
Very much a "the children yearn for the mines" sentiment.
People don't "need" jobs, they need food, shelter, clothing, health care, and community. Jobs are just how those unfortunate enough not to be born into wealth finance those things, and occasionally some luxuries.
A good society should raise the standard of living for everyone when technological advances make things more efficient.
- pjmlp 1y agoA good society needs a working economy, otherwise it falls apart into crime, anarchy, or worse.
- pcthrowaway 1y agoImagine if each person receives a "Thing-doer 3000" then. The people can contract out their own personal robots and collect wages. The technology improves their lives, the same amount of work gets done, and the same wages are paid out. The problem is that under capitalism, the people get replaced by "Thing-doer 3000" bots which are owned by other large companies; the people don't benefit, and ultimately it even changes the economy when people have less work due to being replaced. People working isn't needed for a "working economy"; things need to get done, to be sure, and right now people are needed to do those things, but that may not always be the case. Making pointless work for people to do is about as reasonable as replacing taxi cabs with rickshaw drivers, and power-tools with manual tools "just because"
- pjmlp 1y agoIf everyone has robots there is nothing to sell nor contract for, hence no work, no work, no money. The utopian vision that state sponsors citzen lives that are free to leisure themselves is science fiction. Additionally, bored humans usually find ways to entertain themselves that aren't always for the good of society.