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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago“I’ve made a machine that does the labor of 10 men!” “You’re going to still pay the other nine, right?” … You’re still going to pay the other nine, right?
minus-squareRanvier@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSo the ten men can all do a tenth of the labor now right? Oh you’re going to fire nine, cut the tenth’s pay, and make him work even longer hours, and keep the vast majority of the profits for yourself, got it. That’s fine too I guess…
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoFor more info on how automation works under capitalism, read chapters 15-16 of capital Chapter 15: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htm
“I’ve made a machine that does the labor of 10 men!”
“You’re going to still pay the other nine, right?”
…
You’re still going to pay the other nine, right?
So the ten men can all do a tenth of the labor now right?
Oh you’re going to fire nine, cut the tenth’s pay, and make him work even longer hours, and keep the vast majority of the profits for yourself, got it. That’s fine too I guess…
For more info on how automation works under capitalism, read chapters 15-16 of capital
Chapter 15: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htm