• IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    I don’t care what system you implement, staying alive is going to require labour. We’re nowhere near utopian sci-fi style post scarcity yet.

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      6 months ago

      Labor is required, having a Working Class and an Owning Class is not. Workers can share ownership.

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        6 months ago

        You can start your own worker’s collective. I’m sure many liked minded people would like to join a company were risk and reward are shared equally.

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          6 months ago

          I think that would be nice, but individual microcosms of a better system are woefully insufficient.

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          6 months ago

          I do wonder what fraction of .ml actually tries to unionize their workplace or start a cooperative. Probably higher than most groups, but I’d wager it’s still embarrassingly low.

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      6 months ago

      human labour is a matter of nature until and if post-scarcity is achieved, although I would argue it doesn’t have to be “work”. It can just be fun.

      Wage slavery on the other hand, isn’t. It’s a human construct enforced through incredible violence.

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      6 months ago

      I think there is an important distinction between what is required of a human to exist and what a capitalist society refers to as labor lol

      We get closer to post scarcity everyday. Just depends on if society collapses or rather we get passed this great filter.