tzikeh:spiderine:subterranean-fire:Technology should liberate us from toil, not destroy our liveliho
tzikeh:spiderine:subterranean-fire:Technology should liberate us from toil, not destroy our livelihoods en masse.Capitalism wants you to believe your only worth is how much labor you produce for someone else’s profit. This is not true. Please remember your worth as a person has nothing to do with your material wealth, how much and what kind of labor you produce, or whether you “contribute to society” You deserve a home, food, clothing, education, medical care and safety no matter who you are. Fuller died over 30 years ago, so this is not new information. It’s not true because of “The Digital Age” or the push toward renewable energy sources or any of those things. It’s been true in the U.S. for a LONG time. But the bullshit American Dream ethos/contempt for those who don’t work is way too deep in our DNA. We’re a shitty, shitty country, and a good half of us are proud of every shitty thing that’s true about us. Citizens of the U.S. are *proud* that they work three jobs to support their family, instead of thinking “this is fucking wrong,” and they sneer at people who suggest that they shouldn’t HAVE to work three jobs.The U.S. is, as Tony Kushner says in Angels in America, “Terminal, crazy, and mean.” -- source link
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