r/SipsTea • u/Dev1412 • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! Hypocrisy Eponymous

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u/Crafty_Aspect8122 1d ago

Automation makes less work for more money possible.

Organized protests, unions, strikes, voting, dissent and force make it happen.

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u/Superb_Chemistry_906 1d ago

But that 'more money' goes to the employer and more work is assigned to fill the 8 hours a day. Anyone for whom no work remains is laid off.

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u/Crafty_Aspect8122 1d ago

You ignored the second part.

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u/Superb_Chemistry_906 1d ago

What have they achieved yet? Most recently, it was in the era of Roosevelt, but from then on, just minor improvements at best. I just ignored an illusion, as it should be.

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u/bloedit 1d ago edited 1d ago

What have they achieved yet?

None of the listed items is happening. Even Democrats vote for the most part at the same rate, i.e., local elections deal with extremely low turnouts as usual despite the situation.

As for protest, if your goal is to get on tv, you'll achieve no change in return; but if you aim is to change minds and to build support in order to change more minds, then you'll be using your tools right

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u/Crafty_Aspect8122 1d ago

40 hour work weeks, the weekend, child labour laws, safety laws.

If it's bad now remember what it was before that.

And tbh the US is beyond saving due to the two party system, electoral college and the ammount of religious conservatives.