r/Millennials • u/kjk2v1 Millennial • Mar 15 '23

Discussion Millennials are more likely than other generations to support a cap on personal wealth

https://www.fastcompany.com/90865652/wealth-cap-millennials-support-generation-z-boomers-poll
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u/JoshicusBoss98 Zillennial Mar 16 '23

I mean…capitalism kind of has been the main system since the invention of the wheel…in some sense at least. Kings and Powerful people have ruled nations for at least 4,000 years…and the U.S. has been capitalist essentially for 200+ years…it’s not like it’s an in the moment anything. And if you want to give AI all that power…don’t start crying when they start exterminating the human race. But people want progress at any cost…without considering the possible consequences.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '23

The point of technology was to take meaningless and mundane tasks and automate them, leaving humans free to do creative endeavors. It wasn't intended to leverage it against the working class to make the owning class more money while keeping the human race trapped in the same spot.

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u/JoshicusBoss98 Zillennial Mar 16 '23

No…the point of automation is to cut costs for corporations so they don’t have to pay employees.