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minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoWe could automate those jobs, yes, but then a lot of people would have no jobs at all.
minus-squareCelediel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoIn a society in which one’s material needs are not tied to one’s labour, this would not be a problem.
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoTrue, but we don’t have that society, yet we do have the ability to automate a lot of people out of a job.
minus-squareSarah Valentine (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoSo you see the problem.
We could automate those jobs, yes, but then a lot of people would have no jobs at all.
In a society in which one’s material needs are not tied to one’s labour, this would not be a problem.
True, but we don’t have that society, yet we do have the ability to automate a lot of people out of a job.
So you see the problem.