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Re:Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I by fatherzine on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @07:44PM (#37667504)
Income can be generated politically, see e.g. Soviet command economy.
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Re:Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I by epolanski on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @08:07PM (#37667754)
In Soviet economy virtually all people had a job though. In communist Poland where I grew, safe for the years of martial law in mid 80s everyone who wanted a job had one.
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Re:Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I by nemo44x on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @11:01PM (#37669400)
In our modern economy everyone that wants a job has one. Unemployment is extremely low and has been.
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Re:Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I by epolanski on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:56AM (#37670714)
That's only true of the US in this very moment, it's not a property of capitalism per se.
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