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Re:Software Is Eating the Job Market by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @02:53PM (#9687841)
> Raise my taxes enough (only to "redistribute" to those opting to not work) and I'll switch to untaxable yet satisfying "off the grid" living.

You're assuming what you do can't be automated. I want to automate what you do so you can live "off the grid" if you want.

Capitalism only entitles you to profits on your labor capital until it has no value.

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Re:Software Is Eating the Job Market by s73v3r on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @01:54PM (#9694045)
The problem is, labor capital is the only thing that everyone has. And most people don't have the other form of capital. So if their labor capital has no value, then they're probably going to starve.
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