Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat happens if the robots take over and life gets better for people?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down16
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareWhat happens if the robots take over and life gets better for people?Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squaregigastasio@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down6·1 day ago“Better never means better for everyone. It always means worse for someone.” I think about this quote often.
minus-squareBananaTrifleViolin@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-21 day agoThe a specious quote. That implies that all gain can only be at a cost for someone else. Instead of the conservation of mass, we’re talking the conservation of misery. It’s nonsense.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·23 hours ago“In capitalism, better never means better for everyone. It always means worse for someone.“
minus-squaremrh@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·1 day agoWhere is that from? It is extremely pessimistic and obviously false.
“Better never means better for everyone. It always means worse for someone.”
I think about this quote often.
The a specious quote. That implies that all gain can only be at a cost for someone else. Instead of the conservation of mass, we’re talking the conservation of misery. It’s nonsense.
“In capitalism, better never means better for everyone. It always means worse for someone.“
Where is that from? It is extremely pessimistic and obviously false.