Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 18 hours agowhen robots have all the jobs, who's gonna buy all the stuff?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down13
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squarewhen robots have all the jobs, who's gonna buy all the stuff?Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·14 hours agoWe kinda have two choices: Some flavour of socialism where people get what they need for free Or Turbo-rio-de-janiro style inequality where we all live in slums Now the 2nd one is what the ultra rich want and they have a lot of power, so it’s kinda on the rest of us to make the first happen instead
minus-squareSippyCup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 hours ago“maybe the clothes are made of paper. The food is just nutrient paste…” Or something like that from the Expanse. Sure, your needs are met, but living life on basic assistance seems like a nightmare.
minus-squarejonesey71@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 hours agoDidn’t the French have an option three?
minus-squaretrashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoThe french fucked up cause they didn’t have option 1 as the follow-up to option 3.
minus-squareFukOui@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-211 hours agoIt’s an uphill battle, but it’s better to start early than late. Unlike before, the rich now have private armies, lobbying groups, and mass surveillance networks while we peasants own nothing. Plus, the pot is slowly boiled.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 hours agoData centres notoriously don’t have heads, but I love the enthusiasm
minus-squarejonesey71@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoData centers are made by companies and companies have board of directors who have heads. CEOs have heads.
minus-squareHadriscus@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours agoIf Louis so-and-so hadn’t had a head my ancestors would have blown him to bits, that’s also an option for datacenters, just look at Iran !
We kinda have two choices:
Some flavour of socialism where people get what they need for free
Or
Turbo-rio-de-janiro style inequality where we all live in slums
Now the 2nd one is what the ultra rich want and they have a lot of power, so it’s kinda on the rest of us to make the first happen instead
“maybe the clothes are made of paper. The food is just nutrient paste…”
Or something like that from the Expanse. Sure, your needs are met, but living life on basic assistance seems like a nightmare.
Didn’t the French have an option three?
The french fucked up cause they didn’t have option 1 as the follow-up to option 3.
It’s an uphill battle, but it’s better to start early than late.
Unlike before, the rich now have private armies, lobbying groups, and mass surveillance networks while we peasants own nothing. Plus, the pot is slowly boiled.
Data centres notoriously don’t have heads, but I love the enthusiasm
Data centers are made by companies and companies have board of directors who have heads. CEOs have heads.
If Louis so-and-so hadn’t had a head my ancestors would have blown him to bits, that’s also an option for datacenters, just look at Iran !