Antiwork

I was thinking about strikes this morning because a local teacher union wants to strike to get better pay for teachers among other things. Unfortunately in the state of Mass strikes of this sort aren’t legal. There are a variety of problems with strikes in general though. The first problem is that the people who need to strike are often underpaid and can’t afford to go on strike. The second problem is that in an at will state employee can be easily fired. The third problem is scabs. Strikes are often ineffective because other non-union people are willing to step in and work during the strike. The fourth problem is that the government often steps in and sides with the big money conglomerates like we saw in the rail road strike. Making striking illegal is a great deterrent to dissuade the working poor. So strikes are bad for workers. I…

One of the arguments against communism is that everyone, no matter the value of their contribution to society, would be making the same money or getting the same reward. But isn't that where we're headed with capitalism? With the tech coming, it seems all our contributions will be more and more of the same value (ie: servicing the robots/AI, working as their human counterparts while the tech provides the essential work). So it seems to me that it's very possible that under capitalism we're headed for the communist ditch anyhow.