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Welp, what are you going to do about it? You could devote yourself to trying to improve or change society, or you can just live angry, or I guess you could go do crimes or something but I don't know if I'd advise that.
I get your life is hard, but mass mobilization of people toward a goal is ultimately the result of millions of individuals choosing to act. So, choose to act, or accept your fate.
I'm convinced that this subreddit is a psyop to prevent people from organizing unions.
It's always "wah wah I hate my job." Then "you should put in effort to organize." Followed by "naw that's too hard I'd rather just whine online or rage quit"
Well this subreddit is originally post-left anarchist. And post-left ideas about work is to abolish it, automate where possible and go from work to productive play (ludic revolution) and from transactional to gift economy, so...
"Automate where possible." In computing when an unrealistic software idea is proposed someone will say "And then a miracle happens." That's what this is.
Not everything can be automated. Even automation requires some human labor. The same uncaring capitalists will be in charge and your UBI might be a pittance, less than a regular job.
Productive play: we'll all be YouTube/IG/Twitch stars. What does it really mean? Can you grow food, build computers, manufacture eye glasses, teach kindergarten with productive play. Please show me how.
I cannot sit around waiting for someone who knows how to do surgery to give me a "gift." I have a minor surgery tomorrow and I thank my lucky stars we are not in anarchy-land.
Read "Abolition of work" (it's on a sidebar) if you're really interested. I cba arguing.
I have read it. It's good because it points out how dangerous work is but it does not explain how automation might actually work. AI might get rid of a bunch of jobs and then it will be austerity with UBI. I don't see tech saving us.