I don't really feel the need to rebut you point by point. Yes, technology will provide efficiencies and excess that can be used to benefit society as a whole instead of a select few. Yes, it is possible to provide these things without forcing someone to provide their labor.
Automation is going to destroy the income of everyone. Unskilled labor? Almost done. Semi-skilled labor? Coming around the corner. Doctors? Lawyers? Code. Are you going to complain that open source software destroys the income of developers too?
I know your type. "I've got mine, fuck you. Get some bootstraps." If you don't like having a social fabric, which includes caring for the weakest among us, Get. The. Fuck. Out.
> Are you going to complain that open source software destroys the income of developers too?
Even open source software needs support, maintenance, optimization and customization. Even if Linux is OSS, Google still has their own in-house kernel team (and I bet the same happens downstream at Samsung). Apple with LLVM is another example. Some people/companies are willing to pay to get more features/support/bugfixes for FOSS projects, and there's always going to be more work to do.
I can't think of any open source project that was ever finished; for an example of the opposite, look at Wine.
> I don't really feel the need to rebut you point by point.
Of course you don't. That would require you to continue to make arguments that are at odds with economic reality.
> Automation is going to destroy the income of everyone.
So when are you changing your username from toomuchtodo to nothingtodo?
> I know your type. "I've got mine, fuck you. Get some bootstraps." If you don't like having a social fabric, which includes caring for the weakest among us, Get. The. Fuck. Out.
If I take your kindly-worded suggestion, how will you seize my labor? And where should I turn in my property before I leave?
Sir (or Mam), I wouldn't accept your labor nor your property voluntarily, let alone seize it. I empathize with whatever has brought you to the point of "keep what you kill and let the weak perish". Enjoy how you choose to spend your resources, I know how I want to spend mine.
> I wouldn't accept your labor nor your property voluntarily, let alone seize it.
And what of the labor and property of lawyers, doctors, investment bankers, Silicon Valley multimillionaires? You're going to have a hard time delivering and paying for all the promises and investments you wrote of if you're picky about who you're willing to take from.
> Enjoy how you choose to spend your resources, I know how I want to spend mine.
That, my friend, is individual liberty. I'm glad that despite your vitriol, you seem to agree that it's a wonderful thing.
One modest suggestion, however: you shouldn't presume to know how others spend their resources. A person you're quick to curse as cold-hearted might be far more charitable than you ever imagined, and, in both relative and absolute terms, perhaps far more charitable than you.
Automation is going to destroy the income of everyone. Unskilled labor? Almost done. Semi-skilled labor? Coming around the corner. Doctors? Lawyers? Code. Are you going to complain that open source software destroys the income of developers too?
I know your type. "I've got mine, fuck you. Get some bootstraps." If you don't like having a social fabric, which includes caring for the weakest among us, Get. The. Fuck. Out.