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Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by seanmcdirmid on Sunday February 25, 2024 @12:10AM (#39497843)
It’s either labor or capital (to buy/dev those machines). Frankly, if it’s capital and we haven’t transitioned to something closer to socialism or even communism, it isn’t going to end very well for us workers.
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Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by sokoloff on Sunday February 25, 2024 @06:15AM (#39499860)
History suggests that communism doesn’t end very well for workers, arguably even less well.
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Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by seanmcdirmid on Sunday February 25, 2024 @11:30AM (#39502129)
Oh, I don’t think it would work very well now. My point is when capital is so powerful that workers aren’t really needed anymore. Then something drastic has to happen, because at that point capitalism can’t push society forward anymore (given the incentives it works with).
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