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by keybored 403 days ago
No, because it’s built on the false premise that the inequality following the industrial revolution ever stopped.[1]

It’s easy for us to be optimists and shrug nonchalantly about the short-term (?) suffering when we don’t face the worst or even median pain that these changes bring. Very strong “you will suffer but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make” vibes.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43953142