For an interest free loan!*

*If the loan is not repaid back by the end of the term, we will crush your country in debt and seize all natural resources to pay it back.

It’s all about projection.

“In manual fulfillment centres, Jane would walk around the warehouse. That would be tiring—she could easily do 15 or 16 km per day, often more—but at least she would see people,” the report states. “In a robotic fulfillment centre, associates in pick work at fixed stations, with just the robots for company.”

I remember someone on Lemmy linking to a story about how AI effectively isolated workers from their colleagues in order to be “efficient”. Now, I see it as a way to break solidarity between workers.

If we regrow teeth, we can regrow bone, muscle, and nerves. Almost immediately, that technology will be privatized and only the rich will be able to afford it.

Capitalism will say “Fuck you poors”.

One flop and they’re axed?

I think this comes from the mindset that if someone isn’t generating immediate success. It’s time to fire them. We see this a lot in sports. Team off to a terrible start with a new coach? Fire the coach and start trading players.

It really highlights how organizations see people as disposable. If people don’t make line go brrr, out the door they go.

Profit line must always go brrrrr!