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In reply to the discussion: Elon Musk Warns 'The Only Way to Get Us Out of the Debt Crisis' and 'Prevent America from Going Bankrupt is AI and Robot [View all]sop
(16,906 posts)13. "They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now."
'The Age of Self' - Robert Wyatt
They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now
They say that we have moved ahead, we're all just people now
There's people doing 'frightfully well' there's others on the shelf
But never mind the second kind this is the age of self
They say we need new images to help our movement grow
They say that life is broader based as if we didn't know
While Martin J. and Robert M. play with printer's ink
The workers 'round the world still die for Rio Tinto Zinc
And it seems to me if we forget
Our roots and where we stand
The movement will disintegrate
Like castles built on sand
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Elon Musk Warns 'The Only Way to Get Us Out of the Debt Crisis' and 'Prevent America from Going Bankrupt is AI and Robot [View all]
CentralMass
Yesterday
OP
We need a progressive wealth tax that addresses systemic abuses and prevents the existence of billionaires, period.
Moostache
21 hrs ago
#30
Says the tax dodger who just demanded 1 trillion dollars and is actively undermining Democracy. Fuck That Guy!
chowder66
Yesterday
#8
Well, of COURSE the solution is NOT to tax the shit out of the wealthiest Americans, bless your hearts!
AZJonnie
23 hrs ago
#15
Yes, eliminating 10s of millions of jobs forever (with shitty AI) is the path to prosperity . . .
hatrack
22 hrs ago
#21
Seriously, there was a time when half a trillion dollars was considered James Bond supervillain money.
Initech
16 hrs ago
#38
Wodrld wide AI and robotics will result in hundreds of millions of jobs being lost, and markets collapsing.
patphil
21 hrs ago
#29
How do you get this massive economic expansion with 50 million Americans unemployed from AI replacement?
NickB79
20 hrs ago
#31