tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post666150010946269442..comments2024-03-28T07:55:50.510-07:00Comments on RAWIllumination.net: Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-88883986364942162512011-03-28T08:26:25.027-07:002011-03-28T08:26:25.027-07:00I think there is a salient difference between RAW&...I think there is a salient difference between RAW's view of high unemployment and the high unemployment that we are experiencing, though. In the former, machines and technology freed up people, i.e., the unemployed, to "follow their bliss" and to cultivate themselves and their interests, because the money made through increased efficiency and productivity was used for the benefit of the entire society ("cybernetic socialism"). In the latter, unfortunately, increased productivity just means that those of us with jobs get to work that much harder while the gains go into private hands, and the growing ranks of the unemployed serve as a warming to those of us who grow tired of working hard for less and less.Thom Fooleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818320706747408688noreply@blogger.com