Commentary: Rise of the (fast food) robots
fortune.com
Five million people are employed in the fast food industry in the U.S. alone, but their tasks are monotonous and easily automated.

This is the problem anti-work was meant to address: forcing companies to replace human labor with machines and convert long hours of work into free time for all of us. But we have fallen down on the job.

Now the capitalists are trying to turn their so-called labor shortage into a new reason to add to already abysmally high permanent unemployment created by the pandemic, using the excuse that they cannot find workers to fill jobs.

  • JehuOP
    1·
    3 years ago

    There is no historical evidence that automation has ever led to long term structural unemployment, so at most this is a short term issue.

    How do you propose we start to change that in this community of antiworkers.

      • JehuOP
        17·
        3 years ago

        So, if you are not antiwork, why are you here? There are a lot of place you people who worship “meaningful” slavery can go. Instead, you decide to bring your filth in this community which clearly states its ANTI-work?

          • JehuOP
            13·
            3 years ago

            I sorry. There is no room for people who want to be their own slavemaster or for people who want “meaningful” slavery and me. If there is room for people like you here, then there is no room for me. If I was satisfied with people who want an understanding and kind slavemaster, there is a group on Reddit with 1.3 million members that entertains that idea.

            I don’t and never will. Tell me that this group is like that one and I will leave. No problem.

              • JehuOP
                11·
                3 years ago

                They can read. And I assume that at some point they will replace point 1. with complete abolition of wage slavery. Otherwise, what is the point of this group?