Heading into the November presidential election, one of the biggest issues on voters' minds is the economy. According to a new poll, 73% of Americans say strengthening it is their top concern.
You might be right. It used to be that without people to grow the food, anyone involved with capital would starve. Kind of sets a baseline underneath how small labor’s power is ever able to shrink to.
Now automation has gone, not quite, but almost far enough that it’s the exact opposite – capital can simply say “lol okey dokey then, good luck” and stop cutting labor in on any of the products of automated factory farming.
Brings it back to the question, though, of what is the solution then?
You might be right. It used to be that without people to grow the food, anyone involved with capital would starve. Kind of sets a baseline underneath how small labor’s power is ever able to shrink to.
Now automation has gone, not quite, but almost far enough that it’s the exact opposite – capital can simply say “lol okey dokey then, good luck” and stop cutting labor in on any of the products of automated factory farming.
Brings it back to the question, though, of what is the solution then?