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Originally Posted by GGG
We’ve gone round this before when discussing automation. But it isn’t a fantasy world. It’s the world we currently live in. The labour required to meet our basic needs is far lower than 125 years ago.
But quite simply the surplus value created from the more efficient distribution of goods is being given to the owners of the companies and the customers rather than to the person whose job was displaced.
So the issue is that the the government fails to capture the value from automation and efficiency and instead of reducing labour done we spend on luxurys.
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Oh give me a break GGG. This idea that nobody will need to work in order to get the things they need and we will force the companies profiting from automation to pay for everything comes off as some sort of communist fantasy.
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As to what politicians do to earn votes? I don’t think that is a metric we should use for anything.
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Well you’re entitled to your opinion but I think most people vote based on what they (right or wrongfully) think will help their lives. Right now having a good job helps improve your life. Maybe that will change if your communist utopia theory ever materializes but until then jobs are gonna matter to people