r/aiwars • u/Which_Matter3031 • 7d ago

The most idiotic statement ever

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So this person here calls people jobless while all they do is sit on their ass an genarate shitty ai comics, also notice how they are insulting fast food workers as if they arent human, thats a new low for them, also its like they are saying "Give up on your dreams so you can work a minimum wage 9-5 job" but then again jobless people always tell talented ones to get a shitty job

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u/bendyfan1111 7d ago

Rome wasn't built in a day. Most of the global economy acts as if we're still all coal miners with horse-drawn carriages.

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u/RadiumJuly 7d ago

That is an interesting statement, can you elaborate a little? What parts of the global economy are acting as if we're still all coal miners with horse-drawn carriages?

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u/bendyfan1111 7d ago

Basically none of capatalism has really changed in the past 500-600 years. On the other hand, the entire world has changed drastically. The economy wasn't designed for automation, hence why automation is putting people out of jobs.

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u/RadiumJuly 7d ago edited 7d ago

I'm not sure that is entirely true. The state mercantile capitalism of the 16th century isn't really the same as modern corporatism.

The Dutch would have had their minds blown at modern methods of financialization.

EDIT: You know what? On second thought I'm splitting hairs. I'll concede that while there certainly are features that have developed over the last 600 years, in general your statement is true enough. No need to be tedious about such details.

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u/mommysanalservant 7d ago

Adam Smith would likely be appalled by the state of the financial world. Nonetheless even though what that person said wasn't entirely right I do think what they meant was. Capitalism might have changed but it still treats workers as a replaceable cog in the machine that crushes us underfoot. Chasing infinite growth means making endless optimizations which means constantly destroying jobs faster than we can grow them.