One of the most annoying things to capitalists is that they can't simply own the labor pool, they have to constantly pay it wages. Humans labor is the source of surplus value, and automation is just a red queen race against falling profits.
The sci-fi solution to perpetual omni-exploitation is if you can create machines that replicate all of the mental and physical capabilities of a human, while still being property. Then you can kick this capitalist system into overdrive.
One of the most annoying things to capitalists is that they can't simply own the labor pool, they have to constantly pay it wages. Humans labor is the source of surplus value, and automation is just a red queen race against falling profits.
The sci-fi solution to perpetual omni-exploitation is if you can create machines that replicate all of the mental and physical capabilities of a human, while still being property. Then you can kick this capitalist system into overdrive.