Day 355:
Oligarchs Are Not Looking Out For You
I read this article, and all I could think was.
The problem with all this is that Amazon has no interest in human prosperity, only profit.
They will eventually get a system that messes up so little that it wont matter, and then they can fire almost everyone and just have a purely robotic work force.
This would be fine if the government was taxing them heavily and using that money to provide a UBI or some other sort of social benefit.
But they wont, they will lobby the government to lower their taxes, and allow them to keep all their money. The end result being the division of those who own capital (in the form of robots) and those who don’t.
Those who don’t wont matter, and those who do will reign over all others.
Its a nasty brutal future that doesn’t have to exist, and is only perpetuated by greed. Amazon represents the worst of this drive, constantly optimizing for profit over human good.
Jeff Bezoz, Bill Gates, and Warren buffet, three people, are worth as much as 50% of Americans right now, and its only going to get worse.
Call up your senator and tell them you want to live in a future where robots do all the work, and everyone shares in the spoils. Not a world where a couple of all powerful oligarchs treat the rest of us like so much human garbage. We don’t have to allow this to happen to us, we can stop it now before it becomes unstoppable.
Ps. One easy thing you can do is not shop at this panopticon of a nightmare store.
Further Reading:
Corporate Democrats Cave On DACA….Shameful.
France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
Trump’s 24-Year-Old Deputy Drug Czar To Resign After Questions Over Work History
In Larry Nassar’s Case, a Single Voice Eventually Raised an Army
New US attorney for Massachusetts says he’s prioritizing opioids over marijuana
White and far-right extremists kill more cops, but FBI tracks black extremists more closely
Trump on Russia probe: ‘You fight back, oh, it’s obstruction’
FBI investigates whether Russia banker used NRA to fund Trump campaign – report
Trump Says He Would Talk to Special Counsel Mueller Under Oath
Manafort Lawyers Accidentally Included Apparent Internal Memo About the Press in Latest Court Filing
Trump lawyer clarifies president wasn’t volunteering for Mueller grand jury
Inside the secret, sinister and very illegal cabal trying to destroy Trump
Davos attendees are quietly planning to walk out of Trump’s speech
Trump’s 24-year-old drug policy appointee to step down by month’s end
Half of Americans believe Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia
As U.S. Trumpets ‘America First,’ Rest of the World Is Moving On
Sen. Blumenthal: There’s an obstruction of justice case against Trump
Jeff Sessions Appears to Be Meddling in the Russia and Clinton Probes He Vowed to Avoid
Trump: Sure, I’ll Talk To Mueller. Trump’s Lawyer: Oh God, No
Mueller Almost Done With Obstruction Part of Trump Probe
GOP senator pushed absurd “secret society” conspiracy — based on a joke text
Trump official caught smearing White House reporter April Ryan as “Miss Piggy”
USDA Chief to People on Food Stamps: Get a Job
The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem
Senate Intelligence Committee not given access to Nunes FISA memo
Trump’s Lawyer Says POTUS Only Meant To Say He’s Willing To Meet Mueller
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