Greetings good citizen, a little soon to be revisiting subjects already covered but last night's edition of 'Chronicle' [WCVB 5 in Boston] touched upon the topic of A.I. and how 'smarter' computers are taking jobs traditionally held by humans.
I'm not a Luddite nor do I believe we should still be making 'buggy whips' solely because they keep food on somebody's table.
But that's what is at stake here good citizen. As automation continues to eliminate jobs formerly held by humans, our already foundering economy will continue to be crushed by the need of the displaced to eat and keep themselves warm.
Tick-Tock good citizen, it's not like unemployment, homelessness and hunger are exactly 'news'(or new)...despite the corporate-owned media ignoring the 'scope' of the problem. Nobody needs to tell you that what passes for Capitalism ISN'T WORKING for a growing number of working aged citizens.
The whole Occupy Movement highlighted the 'illusion' that a college education was a 'gateway' to a well-paying career. Many kids got their bachelors and then their Masters but still can find work in their chosen professions.
Now saddled with hundreds of thousands of dollars of student debt, the best they can manage is a minimum wage job in the food service industry. [If they're lucky!]
Which is to belabor the obvious; as we head onto our third consecutive 'jobless recovery', something's got to give!
Channeling the Occupy movement; the film Elysium attempted to capture the direction irresponsible Capitalism was headed. The rich lived in splendor among the stars while the, er, 'less fortunate' lived in squalor on the all but abandoned Earth.
What YOU need to wake up to good citizen is the fact that 'gated communities' are already a reality that has led to 'law enforcement' shooting first then making the incident fit the report.
It's a side of the law you're already on the 'wrong side of' if you're impoverished. [Can you say 'stop & frisk'?]
It won't stand up in the court of public opinion but that doesn't matter, the powerful already own the court system intended to protect YOU from them, ironically enough.
Now it exists to protect THEM from YOU! [If there is one thing they are accutely aware of it is that they are out-numbered...by a huge margin.]
Which is to turn our attention back to the film for a brief moment. The message, as imperfect as it was, is quite true, you can't 'run away' from retribution.
But it's a risk they're willing to accept...because the 'alternatives' to what passes for Capitalism are 'unpallatable' to them.
Better to 'rule in hell' than serve in heaven...and YOU aren't even given a choice...you get to live and raise THEIR SERVANTS in a hell they created FOR YOU!
But pointing to the 'authors of your misery' does little to alieviate the problem.
The 'punishment' will continue until YOU put a stop to it! YOU have to demonstrate, in no uncertian terms, that you won't take it anymore.
Retreating a moment to last night's TV show I found myself disturbed by the host's plaintive plea that 'humanity' [apparently someone other than our humble selves] would 'do the right thing' and 'correct the economy' before the nightmare became reality.
The part that disturbed me, good citizen, is that for many of us, that nightmare is already our reality!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
I'm not a Luddite nor do I believe we should still be making 'buggy whips' solely because they keep food on somebody's table.
But that's what is at stake here good citizen. As automation continues to eliminate jobs formerly held by humans, our already foundering economy will continue to be crushed by the need of the displaced to eat and keep themselves warm.
Tick-Tock good citizen, it's not like unemployment, homelessness and hunger are exactly 'news'(or new)...despite the corporate-owned media ignoring the 'scope' of the problem. Nobody needs to tell you that what passes for Capitalism ISN'T WORKING for a growing number of working aged citizens.
The whole Occupy Movement highlighted the 'illusion' that a college education was a 'gateway' to a well-paying career. Many kids got their bachelors and then their Masters but still can find work in their chosen professions.
Now saddled with hundreds of thousands of dollars of student debt, the best they can manage is a minimum wage job in the food service industry. [If they're lucky!]
Which is to belabor the obvious; as we head onto our third consecutive 'jobless recovery', something's got to give!
Channeling the Occupy movement; the film Elysium attempted to capture the direction irresponsible Capitalism was headed. The rich lived in splendor among the stars while the, er, 'less fortunate' lived in squalor on the all but abandoned Earth.
What YOU need to wake up to good citizen is the fact that 'gated communities' are already a reality that has led to 'law enforcement' shooting first then making the incident fit the report.
It's a side of the law you're already on the 'wrong side of' if you're impoverished. [Can you say 'stop & frisk'?]
It won't stand up in the court of public opinion but that doesn't matter, the powerful already own the court system intended to protect YOU from them, ironically enough.
Now it exists to protect THEM from YOU! [If there is one thing they are accutely aware of it is that they are out-numbered...by a huge margin.]
Which is to turn our attention back to the film for a brief moment. The message, as imperfect as it was, is quite true, you can't 'run away' from retribution.
But it's a risk they're willing to accept...because the 'alternatives' to what passes for Capitalism are 'unpallatable' to them.
Better to 'rule in hell' than serve in heaven...and YOU aren't even given a choice...you get to live and raise THEIR SERVANTS in a hell they created FOR YOU!
But pointing to the 'authors of your misery' does little to alieviate the problem.
The 'punishment' will continue until YOU put a stop to it! YOU have to demonstrate, in no uncertian terms, that you won't take it anymore.
Retreating a moment to last night's TV show I found myself disturbed by the host's plaintive plea that 'humanity' [apparently someone other than our humble selves] would 'do the right thing' and 'correct the economy' before the nightmare became reality.
The part that disturbed me, good citizen, is that for many of us, that nightmare is already our reality!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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