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1. zug_zug · 1790775034 · focus · HN ↗

   And my great great grandpa thought horses would lose all their jobs to cars. And they all did and it was never the same again.

   There’s no quick answers, but intuitively I think we all get that the % of jobs not doable by AI and robotics approaches 0 over time.

   1. Pet_Ant · 1790775286 · focus · HN ↗

      Worse, it was just almost all horses. There are a few in Central Park pulling tourists and that’s enough for the Pollyanna’s to point to and go “See! We’ll be fine!”

      1. ForHackernews · 1790775417 · focus · HN ↗

         Presumably you are a human, not a horse, yes? Presumably there is more to your life than dragging around carts all day every day?

         HN: A site full of bold futurists where it's easier to imagine the end of the humanity than the end of capitalism.

         1. pixl97 · 1790792575 · focus · HN ↗

            Explain a world in which capitalism ends without a fight?

            1. carlosjobim · 1790795040 · focus · HN ↗

               It will happen. Communism ended without a fight.

               Edit: And today's industrial society is quite far from being capitalist. Feudalism is more close to reality, seeing as the one most important factor for almost everything in life is whether you own real estate or not.

               1. pmontra · 1790796290 · focus · HN ↗

                  That's a very loose definition of feudalism. However if you take in account nepotism and bribery, which are more and more widespread around the world, maybe we get close to that exchange of land for loyalty that was the basis of feudalism.
            2. fodkodrasz · 1790795158 · focus · HN ↗

               The world where humanity ends without a fight due to capitalism "winning"...
            3. Telaneo · 1790797285 · focus · HN ↗

               Who said it needed to happen without a fight?
            4. runarberg · 1790798622 · focus · HN ↗

               All the rich people become bankrupt or otherwise loose their political capital, new politicians are elected in that owe more to workers and thus enact anti-capitalist policy to win over the loyalty of workers.

               That or, as rich people loose more and more of their political capital, workers get empowered and use direct action (such as strikes) to demand the end of more and more capitalistic policies, until there are none left. The rich get along with it because the alternative is loose everything.

               Or capitalism ends in a big messy fight.

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