Even if you think like this, socialism would still continuously decrease necessary labour time. “Not working” is demonstrably not an option for everyone
I haven’t bothered to do the math, but with what technology is available, it is damn near everyone. My gut estimate is we’d only need under 100k workers in the US and certainly under 1 million worldwide. That is to maintain our current standard of living and not advance at all of course. Maybe an additional 15-25% to advance at the maximum rate capitalism is capable of.
If every country shared technology, yes, automation would eventually replace the vast majority of jobs, and a socialist system would thereby ensure that most people would not have to work, but that would take many years considering the current geopolitical climate
If every technology was shared with everyone. If humans thought in terms of humans. And not countries. Yes, this is the key to the revolution we all desire. It isn’t politics or economics. It’s the free distribution of knowledge.
Of course, that’s the goal. I was mainly thinking of the period before this, where the imperial core stops exploiting other countries and starts paying reparations to help all countries reach the same level of technology and general prosperity
Even if you think like this, socialism would still continuously decrease necessary labour time. “Not working” is demonstrably not an option for everyone
I haven’t bothered to do the math, but with what technology is available, it is damn near everyone. My gut estimate is we’d only need under 100k workers in the US and certainly under 1 million worldwide. That is to maintain our current standard of living and not advance at all of course. Maybe an additional 15-25% to advance at the maximum rate capitalism is capable of.
If every country shared technology, yes, automation would eventually replace the vast majority of jobs, and a socialist system would thereby ensure that most people would not have to work, but that would take many years considering the current geopolitical climate
If every technology was shared with everyone. If humans thought in terms of humans. And not countries. Yes, this is the key to the revolution we all desire. It isn’t politics or economics. It’s the free distribution of knowledge.
Of course, that’s the goal. I was mainly thinking of the period before this, where the imperial core stops exploiting other countries and starts paying reparations to help all countries reach the same level of technology and general prosperity