Social theorists identify automation as both the main cause of unemployment and the future launchpad for a high-tech post-scarcity world. But, Aaron Benanav argues, the problem is the stagnation of global capitalism and its inability to generate enough jobs. Workers debug the equipment in a production line in Hai’an City, Jiangsu Province, China. (Costfoto / Future Publishing via Getty Images) The new issue of Jacobin is out now. Subscribe today and get a yearlong print and digital subscription. Science fiction has traditionally depicted a robot takeover as a conscious bid for global domination by our mechanical offspring. From The […]
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