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What were your concrete plans then for the thousands of Oracle employees who were fired in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2017, and 2022 before they got ambitious with AI? M
by nradov 17d ago
What were your concrete plans then for the thousands of Oracle employees who were fired in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2017, and 2022 before they got ambitious with AI? Mass layoffs at Oracle are nothing new, they've never hesitated to make huge cuts.
Considering that socialism has been an abject failure every time it's been tried at scale, I fail to see any analysis from the World's Socialist Website could be useful.
- harimau777 17d agoSocialism has been hugely successful. Just look at Western Europe and the Nordic countries. Socialism has only been an abject failure if you swallow the conservative talking point that "socialism" is always equivalent to Stalinism/Maoism.
- nradov 17d agoThe Nordic countries abandoned their failed attempt at socialism decades ago.
- harimau777 17d agoI'm sorry but that's simply not true. They still have socialized medicine, generous social safety nets, significant worker protections, etc.
- tim333 17d agoI think mixed economy socialism where some bits are socialised and others are not may be the way forward with AI.
- acuozzo 17d ago[dead]
- AngryData 16d agoIf the nation was mostly co-ops, and possibly even unions if they are given full autonomy and covered the majority of the nation, fits the definition of socialism. Plus co-ops have naturally been on the rise for decades. The idea that there must be individuals skimming the most profit possible off the top, or else all economics would collapse, is ridiculous to me. Do you think groups of people can't possibly figure out a pay scale within their business?