I'm all for working less, and replacing the drudgery and exploitation with automated solutions. But how does that work if we don't own those tools? With the rich owning all automation, we are bound to end up in an economically unenviable position, especially when considering the outsized political influence of oligarchs and corporations. How does antiwork resolve this tension between wanting to automate jobs and the methods of doing so belonging in private and not public hands?
I'm all for working less, and replacing the drudgery and exploitation with automated solutions. But how does that work if we don't own those tools? With the rich owning all automation, we are bound to end up in an economically unenviable position, especially when considering the outsized political influence of oligarchs and corporations.
How does antiwork resolve this tension between wanting to automate jobs and the methods of doing so belonging in private and not public hands?