From: gerald_a_levy (gerald_a_levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Wed Jan 21 2004 - 07:49:10 EST
Ian wrote: > Yes, you are right to point out that the potential for automation may be > misused. I would make a stronger claim. It's not that automation _may_ be misused -- it _is_ being misused and, for structural reasons, _must be_ misused so long as capitalism remains the dominant mode of production. Or, expressing that in a different way, automation is _not being misused_ when it meets the requirements of capital since that (under capitalism) is its designed use. One could say the same thing about the scientists, engineers, and designers working in this field -- their labour is utilized by capital (or the state) for capital (or the state). In solidarity, Jerry
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Thu Jan 22 2004 - 00:00:01 EST