I'm not sure if this is sarcastic or not, but putting aside the impact of this statement from, say, even a non-zero-sum game perspective, this statement, er, almost ironically mirrors perfectly a few choice historical examples of why the flood broke the way it did in the past.

I'm not sure if there's a way I could succinctly share a response detailing the why, other than certain general desires for relatively decent self survival and for the general wellbeing of the population outside of our small walled garden. Theres's a lot of debate that could be had over the second half of that last sentence, so all I can comfortably say is that what we take affects other people.

But the bigger part is probably some of the historical irony in the statement, since it is likely what a museum piece would use if translating historically what has happened in the past into a modern day hypothetical scenario, in terms of how different sides viewed the issue and communicated.

I read that whole comment and didn't understand what you were saying..

Can you say it plainly?

(If you check the other comments this person is making, it appears to be some trolling, which is confusing given the karma of the account. I'll be adding flags to them as well.)

Their comment history doesn't seem that trollish, just this chain of comments. I've seen several dozen accounts with sub 100 karma that are definitely more suspcious.

You are trolling. It's not that subtle either.

> Why would I welcome this?

The second half of the sentence you quoted?

Because your status is temporary. As long as you have to work for a living, you're vulnerable to whatever 'the market' does.

Additionally, regardless of how overpaid you are, you cannot isolate yourself (to the extent of how billionaires can) from the effects of extreme wealth inequality. These are too many to list in a hn comment, but to give you an example, if a mob turns violent, you'll not have a security detail to evacuate you and your family.

Because you care about people other than yourself?

You're supposed to care about all the poor souls that can't code and feel guilty that they have no opportunities whatsoever in the future when machine automation and AI drive the economy.

You're not the only conscious being in the universe. Others have their own personal perspectives and as human's we have the capability to care about their feelings, in addition to our own.

Helping someone else does not doom you to suffering. It's not a zero sum game.

He’s saying welcome the labor movement which helps… labor. Not welcome ChatGPT