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Re:Why the tech sector may not solve America’s looming autom... by gervase on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:34PM (#17708146)
> I hope we can agree that de facto serfdom is a bad thing.

There is actually some evidence that what we currently have is already worse than serfdom [0] in many ways. I don't think this is a crisis which is about to occur, but one which has already started, is currently ongoing, and will probably get much worse.

[0] http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_w...

Re:Why the tech sector may not solve America’s looming autom... by rjbwork on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @02:32PM (#17709257)
In serfdom, didn't the owners of the land get a certain percentage of your output?