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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks
Alienation is obviously a counterweight to any kind of revolution. Revolutions require coordination and a focus and unified social purpose. Honestly - the more division the ruling class can instill in the lower classes, the better (for them). As long as they (lower class) fight amongst each other, they (ruling/owning class) can continue lining their pockets without true opposition.
Automation without some kind of UBI or mass re-education program(s) will spell disaster. Machines do not require maternity leave or health care insurance, which is obviously why the owning class is very much in favor of it. Over the long run, it increases their profit margins and decreases their risks.
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Precisely. So you can either side with the owning class and abandon morality the same as any slave driver with a whip as is easy, or you can figure out what it means to be a good person in opposition to that. Which is obviously hard and complicated.