gibbedygook@sh.itjust.works to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 years agoIf only we could tie minimum wage to average local rent.i.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkIf only we could tie minimum wage to average local rent.i.imgur.comgibbedygook@sh.itjust.works to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareWidget@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoLol what. We have machines and automation now. We can just make manufacturing equipment “suffer” while the humans “get ahead”. The zero-sum worldview has been dead since the industrial revolution. Any widespread suffering at this point is the fault of humans. Edit: unless you’re trying to say something else?
minus-squareMiddleWeigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI’m making that point exactly. Why aren’t we?
Lol what. We have machines and automation now. We can just make manufacturing equipment “suffer” while the humans “get ahead”.
The zero-sum worldview has been dead since the industrial revolution. Any widespread suffering at this point is the fault of humans.
Edit: unless you’re trying to say something else?
I’m making that point exactly. Why aren’t we?