• MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
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    2 months 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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      2 months 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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        2 months ago

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

        • ours@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

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