alt Hacker NewsIt will only do so if the benefits of the technology is made available to all and we will see alternatives to make an income.
Based on the past 40 years track record it seems unlikely that we will see any form of redistribution before it is existential.
That is definitely grounds for being pessimistic.
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azan_ • yesterday at 3:46 PM
> Based on the past 40 years track record it seems unlikely that we will see any form of redistribution before it is existential.
Literally every income decile is getting richer. Don't tell me you got fooled by that fake graph showing productivity/income disconnect?
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It's the economic model we live under, not technology by itself, that's the problem IMHO.
Every tech gets exploited to make some richer folks more rich. Nothing new. Since the rich-ladder *is* the power-ladder under cap'ism.
In the west "we" forgot how unions and strong labor parties gave us weekends, sick leave, holidays, etc. Now we pay the price.