• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    People don’t seem to understand that the final solution for capitalism is ZERO labor — ZERO human workforce — as humans are extremely inefficient. The problem is that the entire engine fuelling capitalism also requires a population of consumers making money through their labor, to pay (demand) for goods and services. Without that demand the entire engine shuts down, and we’re left with either some form of autocratic dystopia or Star Trek grade socialism.

    TL;DR Capitalism is destined to consume itself eventually.

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      10 months ago

      Reducing work for humans is a goal we should strive for.

      But we need to also reduce average working hours and set up ubi.

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        10 months ago

        Yes. Automation is how we ultimately achieve freedom and post scarcity, but only if the value is distributed across the population. If it’s not, then automation is the harbinger of authoritarianism, global depression, war, and mass murder.