alt Hacker NewsExactly. That's why we NEED THE STATE to intervene and ask for wealth redistribution, because employers won't do it willingly
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bluerooibos • today at 1:54 PM
That didn't happen when we got computers to do more work for us, over the last 30 years, and it won't happen now unless people get violent.
Massive productivity gains over the last few years and the rewards have all gone to shareholders, not working class people.
If they had, and workers rights, minimum wage etc had kept pace with the economy, we'd be on a 3 day week by now.
We know what this looks like, over all of human history, and it’s not 300m people living comfortably on checks from the government.
We do need to do something, and soon, but “tax those guys a lot and send the proceeds to government services or pittance checks” isn’t going to cut it.