People, we have to get past this relic of the Puritan past that jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs are so important that they’re the only true measure of a person’s worth or value. The Puritan past went on to generate the Protestant work ethic, which has been gleefully co-opted by the right-wing capitalist propaganda machine.
No sane person wants to work. That’s why they call it “work”! We only do it because we have to in order to survive. But the future jobless economy, if we set it up right, will be a glorious paradise for the average human being — the sort of thing that science and civilization have been pointing us toward since we swung down out of the trees. Who ever loathed a washing machine or a drill press? There’s a reason why we call them “labor-saving devices” — because they spare us the labor, AKA work!
All leisure and no work! Love it! Embrace it! Plan for it! And convince the billionaires to stop screwing with the system so that we can all enjoy it once it’s here.
Findings show that if people aren’t paid for jobs taken by robots the economy would collapse. Then expect a bloody revolution because a country cannot stand without an economy or a happy populace.
Word is that two women in Portland who tried to open a burrito cart were forced to go into hiding because so many people accused them of “stealing” from the folks in Mexico who taught them their recipes and “culturally appropriating” Mexican food that they were getting no peace. How about a strip on that?
Radish the wordsmith almost 7 years ago
Robots don’t steal jobs. The billionaires who put robots in their factories funded by Republican tax breaks steal jobs.
57-Don almost 7 years ago
Build the virtual wall!!!
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 7 years ago
People, we have to get past this relic of the Puritan past that jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs are so important that they’re the only true measure of a person’s worth or value. The Puritan past went on to generate the Protestant work ethic, which has been gleefully co-opted by the right-wing capitalist propaganda machine.
No sane person wants to work. That’s why they call it “work”! We only do it because we have to in order to survive. But the future jobless economy, if we set it up right, will be a glorious paradise for the average human being — the sort of thing that science and civilization have been pointing us toward since we swung down out of the trees. Who ever loathed a washing machine or a drill press? There’s a reason why we call them “labor-saving devices” — because they spare us the labor, AKA work!
All leisure and no work! Love it! Embrace it! Plan for it! And convince the billionaires to stop screwing with the system so that we can all enjoy it once it’s here.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 7 years ago
Findings show that if people aren’t paid for jobs taken by robots the economy would collapse. Then expect a bloody revolution because a country cannot stand without an economy or a happy populace.
More or Less Premium Member almost 7 years ago
I was gonna comment, but after reading what’s already here, it would be futile.
hablano almost 7 years ago
I for one welcome our new Robomexican overlords.
Daeder almost 7 years ago
Those robots all better have manuals! We won’t stand for undocumented robots!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 7 years ago
The long range military planning wants to have 60% of the US military to be war robots by 2030.
Ironhold almost 7 years ago
Word is that two women in Portland who tried to open a burrito cart were forced to go into hiding because so many people accused them of “stealing” from the folks in Mexico who taught them their recipes and “culturally appropriating” Mexican food that they were getting no peace. How about a strip on that?