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Solid_Snake07 posted...

I think youre vastly overestimating the current capabilities of automation for the majority of existing jobs. The discussion of automating trucks has been seriously going on for at least a decade and were probably at least another decade or more away from a realistic rollout of automated semi trucks in a meaningful manner.

while this is true, it's also slightly missing the point; at least the way I see it.

improvements in plowing technology did not improve the lives of the chattel slaves who pushed the plows. they just produced more for the owner.

if, for example, an improvement allows a worker to produce twice as much in the same amount of time, the humane thing to do would be cutting the work day in half without reducing pay. under capitalism, the solution is either to lay off half the workforce or to produce twice as much; both of which result in increased profit for the owner and no actual benefit to the people doing the work