• MalReynolds
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    29 days ago

    So, no-one is going to say by automation, one person can feed 10,000, clothe 1000, house 100. Not even 1 ‘man’ can support a family like in the 1950s. What’s gone wrong ? What’s the damn problem, sir?

    • NotBillMurray@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      Average productivity and salary were pretty closely tied up until around 1978. Since then productivity has continued to skyrocket but salary has remained stagnant.

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        29 days ago

        Yeah, the issue is that already-rich business owners own all the automation and are scooping the profits of the increased productivity.

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          28 days ago

          Looping back to feudal lords spending their money mostly on luxury goods.

    • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
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      28 days ago

      1 man can feed 10,000 families after automation, but capitalism has taken away the extra 9,999 families worth of wealth, and the working class is now back to square 1.