Paths to Paradise: On the Liberation from Work - André Gorz
In this book, Andre Gorz returns to Marx's Grundrisse and the prophecy of early nineteenth century socialists and re-discovers a vision of post-capitalist society founded on the automation of work and the transcending of the exchange economy. He argues that we have reached the precise stage where these utopian insights become a reality.
Universal Basic Income
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 17 2018 13:57
UBI is gaining traction amongst the capitalist class because it presents a last-ditch ploy to maintain ‘social peace’ and undermine a collective working class fight back in the economic turbulence to come. Not so much a “utopia for realists” as a dystopian reformist panacea in the face of declining ‘economic growth’, wages, services and general quality of life.
Artificial intelligence, unemployment and universal basic income: another panacea of the owner class - humanaesfera
How can AI concretely change capitalist society? And how can universal basic income be implemented in practice?
Universal Basic Income demand: ain't working for workers' liberation
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Apr 15 2017 08:52
Parts of the radical left see the Universal Basic Income (UBI) demand as a potential vehicle to a) ‘make people think’ about productive potentials and wealth distribution in capitalism; and b) unify a (fragmented and atomised) working class through a common demand. We think that the demand ain’t helpful for the following reasons.
What is wrong with free money?
Critisticuffs and Gruppen discuss Universal Basic Income (also known as Citizens income, Citizens Wage etc) and critique the idea from an anti-authoritarian left position as fundamentally inadequate and mistaken.
Universal Basic Income: freedom for workers?
Submitted by AnarchoDoom on Dec 13 2016 00:26
A post on why workers should oppose automation unless we can carry it out in our own interests and why a Universal Basic Income is not going to be the answer to the resulting immiseration
Artificial intelligence, tech workers, and universal income: An interview
Submitted by Chilli Sauce on Oct 13 2015 03:19
What are the possibilities for artificial intelligence to free us from the drudgery of work? How about the class outlook of those developing those technologies? Read and find out.
