Comment by Buttons840
10 days ago
That's the key. The poor are useful to business so long as they are a source of money and power. What happens if the time comes that the poor have nothing the rich want?
10 days ago
That's the key. The poor are useful to business so long as they are a source of money and power. What happens if the time comes that the poor have nothing the rich want?
The rich will need play things. Think Westworld, but with real people.
Historically in this case eventually the poor kill the rich
Probably not this time though
If they killed the poor, then how can they enjoy their power over people?
They'll just make some more poor to kill.
I guess that’s why Larry, Zuck and Thiel, et al want constant recording of the plebs, so that ‘citizens will be on their best behaviour’.
This time there will be no revolution but it will be televised. :P
It's strange that socialists seem more concerned with their material possessions than anyone else.
The poor will always have the only thing the rich want. Labor. Without labor Trump cannot slather the white house in gold. Without labor Zuck cannot smoke meats. Without labor Musk cannot troll people on X.
The rich do not want anything you have, they want you. Body and soul.
Robots can take most of the jobs, but the feeling of power over other humans they likely cannot replace.
> Robots can take most of the jobs
Not in our lifetimes and certainly not in our form of society. Robots will only drive down the price of labor. People will always be able to supply labor at costs below the price of materials for robots.
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I mean, eventually like 1 person is going to have more wealth than 60% of the nation combined. At that point, why even bother trying to earn customers or appeal to the lower half when you can instead curry favor with that 1 person.
Oh, the rich will be very happy wielding sadistic power over the poor
They will always want entertainment.
Whether it's gladiators or bum fights, the poor will ultimately be given a job. Robot wars was fun, but UFC has stayed.