In a sane world, automation would pave the way for true abundance and even a post-scarcity society, where humanity could truly flourish.
But in our world, all it does is create unemployment, widen the wealth gap, and pave the way for a police-state.
The "Middle Class" didn't disappear, it was deliberately dismantled. In 1978, CEO pay was 30x the average worker. Today it's 351x. They didn't get 351x smarter or work 351x harder. They just rewrote the rules so all the productivity gains go to the top while you get a pizza party.
Today's royal families are all engaged in an incessant larp. Doing military training for a war they will never fight, studying politics, diplomacy and languages in a country they will never govern, pretending to remain an important national institution when they're not
Rent inflation is exponential in the north east at the moment and it’s due to absolutely nothing but greedy landlords exploiting the cheap housing and low buying power of the local population
We NEED rent controls
stupidest part of this is that it will make a difference to drivers. if more people chose the bus then theres fewer cars on the road and less congestion. unfortunately too many brits are too thick to fathom why we should do anything that doesnt obviously and directly benefit them