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minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoWe could automate those jobs, yes, but then a lot of people would have no jobs at all.
minus-squareCelediel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·2 months agoIn a society in which one’s material needs are not tied to one’s labour, this would not be a problem.
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoTrue, but we don’t have that society, yet we do have the ability to automate a lot of people out of a job.
minus-squareSarah Valentine (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 months agoSo you see the problem.
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoWe must ban automation!
minus-squarenaeap@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoNah, we need to ban jobs and force automation on everything
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI see several. Most notably that we seem to keep winding up with leaders that want to enrich themselves rather than make thing better for everyone.
We could automate those jobs, yes, but then a lot of people would have no jobs at all.
In a society in which one’s material needs are not tied to one’s labour, this would not be a problem.
True, but we don’t have that society, yet we do have the ability to automate a lot of people out of a job.
So you see the problem.
We must ban automation!
Nah, we need to ban jobs and force automation on everything
I see several. Most notably that we seem to keep winding up with leaders that want to enrich themselves rather than make thing better for everyone.