Comment on The Productivity Paradox: Why Technology Makes the Economy More Efficient But Most People No Richer
ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Didn’t read the article yet.
I have a good friend who is homeless and begs for money. He says his life is much better than the life of the richest people of just a few centuries ago.
lemmyk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s not even true, even when accounting for the advance in technology, because your friend is likely dirt poor.
There are still lots of people much better off financially than your friend who work to keep wages low, work benefits low, and prices high. A daydream about the past doesn’t matter, because his and 90% of people’s material conditions are shit, and this financial and class oppression is what matters, not what fancy technology we have that makes us think we’re “kings”.
ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Food is very cheap and available everywhere. Clothing is basically free, and clothes are now easily high quality.
Other people is richer than you does not mean your conditions are bad.