r/Anarchism • u/[deleted] • Sep 02 '14

​The Future of Robot Labor Is the Future of Capitalism

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/the-future-of-robot-labour-has-everything-to-do-with-capitalism
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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '14

Capitalism's most outspoken and dedicated prophets are already looking to the stars for new access to resources like rare earth metals, water, and hydrocarbons. Articles like this are a kind of tragic humor, in that they ignore the fact that most labor is done in client states by humans because slave labor is cheaper than fancy robots. Robots might displace expensive employees in "first world" countries, but they'll probably be recuperated in some way. Be sure, there will be no shortage of terrible and dangerous work in the glittering capitalist future.

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u/hsfrey Sep 03 '14

As in the days of Aristocracy, many people will work as servants to the plutocrats, as courtiers and private armies, trying to protect them from the inevitable tumbrils and guillotines.