@Artemisfornow Unfortunately, capital's other impulse is to import cheap, precarious, labour, so we'd need to put a stop to that. Anyway, that would force the host nations to invest in similar productivity gains.
@Artemisfornow The payoff is far more free time and a higher-performing system—though with inevitable economic and political tensions during the transition.
@damn_jehu@damn_jehu I didn't vote (didn't see the poll!) but I choose MY life and those of my family & friends because that's my material reality. To think of the 'revolution' is not helpful to me and didn't do any revolutionaries any favours. I want to work less AND get paid more!
@damn_jehu the function of ICE - and all modern border systems - is to provide large subsidies to the private sector (technology & security) & to discipline workers, legal or otherwise, with both acting to increase rate of absolute SV extraction i.e., through taxation & increase competition
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