cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/51382283
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Yes.
The tech oligarch vision of the future is simply feudalism updated for a new generation of propertied gentry, which of course requires a new generation of serfs, and leaves no room for a working class.
I kept saying that software development was the most socialist profession. It is nearly impossible to deprive software developer of their tools of trade.
Turns out software developers are their own worst enemy.
This was always the case. Word processors eliminated the “typing pool”, and the goal of automating everyone else’s jobs out of existence has been the goal ever since. They want an “every man for himself” world, and if you’re not “alpha” enough to cut it against the “top dogs”, then life’s gonna be shit for you.
I feel it must be said… blowing up a factory full of robots instead of workers is a lot less problematic.