[wahnfrieden]

Automation only leads to more labor if we allow that employer relation to dictate so. Automation affords leisure time (for everything besides labor that life has to offer, including optional labor-like pursuits) but it’s currently unevenly distributed who gets to benefit from that

[fgafford]

You need to read Brave New World. Already have all that figured out.

Work is fundamental part of society and will never be eliminated, regardless of its utility/usefulness. The cast/class system determines the type of work. The amount (time) of work is set as it was discovered additional leisure and to reduce it does not improve individuals happiness.

[wahnfrieden]

Try reading Dawn of Everything

[worldsayshi]

We keep coming back to the conclusion that we need to turn the economy on its head.

With business as usual capital is power and capital is increasingly getting centralized.