My heart doesn’t put food on the table and I do it only through selling my labor, which is what capitalists buy from me. So in very significant way they do own me because without them I can’t afford to live.
My heart requires food and a semi-stable mental state to do the job well. Right now that means selling my hours to them. Whether they ‘own’ me or not is irrelevant.
Why would “they” (the CEOs, tech bros, owners) be saying that?
They own the means of production. They seek to profit from it entirely. They fight tooth and nail to not be taxed for anything whatsoever. In what universe would they “give” us anything? If our current system demands 80 hours of work/week to afford to live a normal life then the world of AI will still demand that 80 hours of work/week, but now with new and improved Less Jobs!™©®
The future will not be a utopia. I’m thinking more cyberpunk with less technology. A lot of extremely poor people and a few megacorps.
Because they dont own you or your heart.
My heart doesn’t put food on the table and I do it only through selling my labor, which is what capitalists buy from me. So in very significant way they do own me because without them I can’t afford to live.
My heart is the only thing worth buying.
My heart requires food and a semi-stable mental state to do the job well. Right now that means selling my hours to them. Whether they ‘own’ me or not is irrelevant.