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• Siethron@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If only the people in control of the wealth would let the rest of us chill while the machines do all the labor.

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  • istanbullu@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    that’s a social problem, not technology’s fault.

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    • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a psychological problem. I chill quite a bit more than most people in history, and in ways people from twenty years ago couldn’t imagine.

      I say it’s a psychological problem because despite how overwhelmingly incredible our society is, people are totally committed to this notion that it sucks.

      I love my life. I’d rather be low on the economic ladder in today’s world than anywhere in the hierarchy of any previous incarnation of our civilization. Our world is absolutely fucking amazing, and I thank god I have the presence of mind to see past the anti-everything propaganda and actually have a little gratitude for all I’ve inherited from my ancestors, who actually suffered miserable conditions to give me this world.

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah if only I didn’t have to farm food all day, and worry about the constant gnawing of my empty stomach, and the predators at my door, then I could maybe sit and watch some netflix or play video games, listen to concerts that took place fifty years ago, or just soak in a hot tub of water, our horrible society keeps all that leisure for the most wealthy.

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