there was a bit more context to be fair, they were saying that because robots will “do everything” in the near future (“if not already today”), and somehow (through the power of friendship and liberalism?) everyone would have their own robot that works for them, thus everyone would be owning class
That fantasy has always irked me somewhat. I do love the idea of automation having solved the need for work (though we are almost there already, the amount of people needed to make anything is so low. But we gotta consume instead and we gotta give money to the pigs), but when it’s talking of robots it always makes me think of how the word originally meant “slave”. Ugh.
That only works under fully automated space communism. Otherwise, the capitalists own all the robots, and thus everything else. How do they expect us all to buy robots when they’re taking all our jobs? Why would the capitalists share all their wealth when we’re less productive? That’s basically communism. Except liberals think we can get there purely through vibes and technological progress without changing the oppressive systems we live under.
there was a bit more context to be fair, they were saying that because robots will “do everything” in the near future (“if not already today”), and somehow (through the power of friendship and liberalism?) everyone would have their own robot that works for them, thus everyone would be owning class
And who builds the robots? Who maintains the robots? Who mines the resources that are necessary for the production of robots?
Ah see, it’s robots all the way down.
That fantasy has always irked me somewhat. I do love the idea of automation having solved the need for work (though we are almost there already, the amount of people needed to make anything is so low. But we gotta consume instead and we gotta give money to the pigs), but when it’s talking of robots it always makes me think of how the word originally meant “slave”. Ugh.
That only works under fully automated space communism. Otherwise, the capitalists own all the robots, and thus everything else. How do they expect us all to buy robots when they’re taking all our jobs? Why would the capitalists share all their wealth when we’re less productive? That’s basically communism. Except liberals think we can get there purely through vibes and technological progress without changing the oppressive systems we live under.