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by numpad0 1338 days ago
So the value proposition is, it’s the exact same thing, but you won’t be paying for it because it’s not THE exact same thing?
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As I understand it, that would be skirting the law and philosophical principles behind protectionism for intellectual labor.

If society doesn’t value commodity intellectual labor, then society may need to address the commoditization of intellectual labor, directly, through things like UBI / vocational rehabilitation, etc.

Similar arguments can be made about robots and the commoditization of manual labor.