alt Hacker NewsThis is only a bargaining chip until the robot workers come online. Once capital can fully replace labor it’s game over.
(And once the robots outpower the humans, you can’t even protest or overthrow your new overlords.)
Important to know when your cards must be played.
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spwa4 • today at 4:59 PM
Of course, "playing these cards" may require winning wars. Against China and Russia for starters.
In fact any global policy against self-interest needs at least the credible threat of defeating any other power that may implement such a policy.
And since we're not willing to put in that effort, why discuss it?
Not the OP, but I think the implication is you can't run a consumer economy if the consumers aren't making any wages to buy the products and services those cheap and efficient robots are churning out. Or pay taxes. So the entire socioeconomic system we currently enjoy/endure vanishes, robotic factories included.