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Is the answer to our problems not ideology but technology?
Most of Washington quibbles about labor and wealth.
If robots did all of our physical labor, the robots would create all of our economic wealth.
A.) Wouldn't that just solve all of our problems at street level (build houses, harvest food, clothe us, etc.)?
B.)And wouldn't that render ideology obsolete?
Capitalism, communism, socialism. Who would care at that point?
2 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Machines do much of the work in our modern capitalist society that was done by people years ago. It hasn't freed us from work, as you have to pay the companies that invent and manufacture the machines in order for them to do it! We also pay to use services that are little or no cost to the provider which translate directly into profits for them. Our economic system is structured to prevent exactly the scenario you describe. This is what the different ideologies are about in the first place. The "quibbling" (at least in this country) is not about the best way to meet everyone's needs, but about how much some people can be allowed to benefit at the expense of others.
- 8 years ago
If robots did all the manual labour then it could only be in a socialist utopia. Capitalism relies on the division between capital and labour for its profits. Workers without wages could not buy anything.
