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[–] 4 points 4 months ago

One of the main underlying causes is that the working class hasn't been allowed to benefit as much from productivity gains due to automation as the Epstein class has.

We've all seem the graph about productivity vs wage, but what it implicates is an intentional divide set up between tech advances and labor rights to paint workers as a bunch of Luddites stifling progress.

UBI and tax code overhaul would help eliminate resistance to applying new technology

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