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They genuinely do not understand how labor and capital are related whatsoever. It’s like when a man doesn’t realize the shower doesn’t clean itself because he’s never witnessed it being cleaned. They think everyone just has infinite money, they’re confused why everyone doesn’t own a tech company 🙃

The answer is the overthrow of capitalism

That and the fact that their tech runs out of "data" centers that burn through a city's worth of electricity per day, deplete precious water resources, dump toxins into the ground, make people sick, & demolish property values so people can make memes, fake photos, & porn.

What is to be done?

It's up to us to make them. Same as always.

"we can't afford that, we have wars to fight"

ponzi thanatos gambit and people act like the mass death isn't part of their plan

They will KILL US ALL, AND SOON, IF WE DO NOT WIN AGAINST THEM. NOT JUST ELECTORALLY. An entirely new political economy is required and we have months and years, MAYBE, not decades, to implement it fully.

Ask chatgpt how to make risotto.

This is why they want to shove the unhoused into their prisons for profit that the taxpayers ultimately end up paying for. First they make it so you can't afford your home, then they charge the state for your prison cell.

I'm going to learn to operate a backhoe!

I think it’s worth remembering that the TechBros don’t care how many people buy their shit, they only care how much money they get. Income inequality is no problem for them: if 10% of the population has 90% of the money, that suits them fine, if that 10% is buying their shit.

When automation was just theoretical, there was always the idea that people would be given UBI so the economy could function.

i think youre saying we have to vote harder

Like, if the apps all did everything the promised, they would just be profit margin flexors - cutting the most vulnerable, least benefitted workers out of the system entirely. Working isnt bad - being worked to death for nothing is bad. Boiling the oceans is bad.

They love it so much that want to ban states from doing it... www.scottsantens.com/billionaire-...

Gotta wonder why they would rather murder you and everyone you love instead of it. Like literally UBI pays for itself exponentially, it is the easiest call in economic history. But they would rather you die in the street. Its sure is something.

do you have an explanation ready for why capitalists refuse to implement UBI if they love it so much

Nope, Capitalists hate UBI. Because all off a sudden they have to pay more and make sure that working conditions are at least bearable. Because people have a choice.

Learn to vibe code? /s

Robots are next

Grew up watching Star Trek. The show instilled in me a sense that technology can be a force for good. But it ALSO instilled in me an instinct that this is only possible when technology is used for the good of everyone. So many people have lost that second part.

the pro-ai people want to mulch everyone while being so utterly dripless, its a wonder there isn't more backlash

Future job:

"Learn to cod-- wait a sec"

At this point the only job left seems to be sewerage workers, because I haven't seen robots in that area

Creating more jobs by making a 20 hour work week the new full work week standard - same payday as currently 40 hours - would be a way to go. But can't do, because that would mean less money for in money drowning investors.

When I see the tech bros making yet more money on their little delivery robots (two of which in Chicago have driven right through glass bus stops, breaking them) I think, they seriously needed to take the few bucks DoorDash Grandmas were making after being laid off? They want everything.

Some people did loose jobs when automation become more common, but overall more jobs were created and people's quality of life was improved significantly and some people got a better paying job on top of that. AI does not do any of that and only hurts people and communities. FUCK AI

Assuming he gets loyal security.

A million percent this. If AI was regulated, made the entire system more efficient, and essentially removed the need for a societal rat race to survive, literally zero people would be against this.

The fundamental issue with AI really boils down to just because you can doesn't mean you should, and I think a lot of people are going to figure this out sooner than later. Ultimately this kills the value proposition being pedaled to us today.

lol yeah the fallback jobs are gone. that's new.