see, i'd be foolish to argue for the tremendous foresight of capital, though. just because it's stupid - from their own perspective - doesn't mean they won't do it. that's how we got into this mess in the first place.
let's be real about the choices. we can maintain the status quo, where people do shitty work for shitty wages while the bosses get rich. or, we can let the ceos destroy the economy through automation, then figure out how to deal with 40% unemployment caused by overwhelming automation. i have an idea about that, too: maybe we could take ownership of the machines in common. then, instead of some boss owning the productive capabilities and handing us out a wage, we could just set the machines in motion and enjoy being unemployed.
i know. that's crazy. what do you think, that it's a fifth of the way through the twenty-first century, or something? we'll have to wait until the future, after the year 2000, for something like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ9H5fIx0js