• ABCDE@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Depends on the country, but that was not my point. Overall employment has not suffered at the hands of technology; it improved efficiency, yes, and resulted in some occupations needing fewer (or no) people, however people found work in other areas.

    • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
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      3 months ago

      You seem to be missing the Luddites point, which is that the benefits of industrialization all went to oligarchs and shareholders while the displaced workers suffered economically as the value of their skills evaporated.

      The problem is Capitalism, having a machine do the work should liberate people from toil rather than income.