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0 pointskeybored2mo ago0 comments

> We create the very things that cause that to be the case!

What happened in the 1970’s was the NeoLiberal shift and wasn’t caused by software.

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win311fwg2mo ago· 2 in thread

That NeoLiberal shift did not take place in a vacuum. It was a product of the world around it. It absolutely was caused by tech.

If we — those with the power to build the productivity creators — took a stand and said "we refuse to create tech for the interests of the few" it would have never happened. But, instead, we welcomed it and are responsible for it.

keyboredOP2mo ago

The corollary of “if we took a stand” is that Capital took a stand and collectively undid a lot of the gains of the post-WWII social democratic order.

So no. It wasn’t caused by tech beyond the uninteresting factors like modern society being complex and, of course, that tech developments influence things (pretty much all things).

win311fwg2mo ago

The productivity gains we've seen above the capacity of human productivity would have been impossible without tech. It absolutely was caused by tech.

The benefactor of those gains was also entirely decided by those who created the tech. We could have given use of that tech to everyone. In some cases we actually did (e.g. open source), but in most cases we gained (at least partial) ownership of the capital so it was in our best personal economic interest to keep it for ourselves and our close friends.

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