Penetrating essay by @safeortrue (typical of @QuilletteM) takes critical theory seriously, unpacks it, and shows it to be dangerous nonsense, inconsistent with a humane & objective search for truth. Overused slogans & epithets becoming caricatures too.http://quillette.com/2017/12/09/white-women-tears-wilfrid-laurier-critical-theory/ …
Basically, it is true that automation can free the working class and produce super-abundance. It is just not possible in a form of capitalism where the allocation of goods depends on the economic value of labor. It is not an ideological question.