• mathemachristian[he]@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think there is more work to be done today than during medieval times. And if there is then roll back industrialization because what’s the point of machines if they create more work.

    • alvvayson@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Disagree on that.

      I quite like the products of industrialization.

      My machine woven wardrobe, mechanized transportation, temperature controlled dwelling, refrigerator and the internet - not willing to give those up.

      • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Climate change due to industrial emissions and impending ecological collapse leading to food shortages and starvation of most humans?

        • bouh@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          They didn’t. We merely changed the work we do. Before, 90% of the population was working to make food. Now it’s 3%.

    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Higher quality of life. We live longer, healthier, more productive, more interconnected lives, even if we do the same amount of work.

    • bouh@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Today’s problems are not the machines but the capitalists that want their income to grow further, so their order their slaves to work more.