Comment by RiverCrochet

I spoke to my half-brother about this. He worked for a company up until the late 90's for almost 20 years, then got laid off. They offered him various programs to return to school and take a new career path, but he didn't want to do that, so it's really his fault. He has been bitter ever since.

I showed him this post and he had the following to say about it:

"Unless your company is a non-profit, then anything the company does is for the purpose of profit, and everything else is subordinate to that. A 'Puritan Work Ethic' culture makes people believe work has inherent value, so expressions of shared value, cohesion, culture, etc. are done to take advantage of that and convince people to work for less. So shared values and cohesion help manage salaries and wages, but if people end up not being needed, then those aren't needed."

I don't know. If AI replaces jobs, or makes most of them "copy-paste what the AI said," what is the meaning of that?

I asked him that, and he said this:

"I guess everyone's gonna have to be blue collar now or join the military."