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1. misano · 1789684892 · focus · HN ↗

   We are moving closer to the future Marx envisioned as a utopia—not through a workers’ revolution, but through capitalist productivity.

   1. scott_weber · 1789695456 · focus · HN ↗

      Marx envisioned the class struggle ending with the triumph of the working class, and a subsequent dissolution of all class systems.

      AGI, if defined as a fully general replacement for labour, suggests a "bad ending" to class struggle: the liquidation of working classes, and the eternal reign of the ruling class.

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