Most Dem politicians too fearful of corp interests. They need ever-larger funding thanks to Citizens United! Bad dynamics = (
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Sure, IMO we need a constitutional amendment to block corp donations to parties, and limit contribution sizes. It'll be a long road
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In the meantime let's start calling out techies who automate away jobs for purely economic gains.
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It's a bit late, I think. In fact, that's most of what's _good_ about technology. Frees us from labour in the best case.
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If by "free us from labor" you mean put someone out of a job for only economic gains I have to disagree. Morally of course, not economically
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The reality here is that this is what technology *does* (in part): https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/21/upshot/the-long-term-jobs-killer-is-not-china-its-automation.html?mcubz=1 …
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When this works out well, we free people to find new work in different (hopefully better!) jobs and lives. Under-investing in support hurts.
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...and that's what we've done in the US: when we've traded jobs away for automation & return to capital, haven't invested in training.
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But backing up: do you think most folks working in technology don't know the deal? That automation has costs (not just benefit)?
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Heck, it's even part of Adam Smith's pin factory example!
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