Caldwing
Caldwing t1_j2n31o9 wrote
Reply to In 1930s, Music Defense League launched a campaign against recorded sound in movie and live theaters, claiming that numerous musicians would lose their jobs if "canned music" was preferred over live recordings. by Profanion
Like in every other field technology slowly makes it possible for fewer and fewer people to do more and more. This makes more and more people superfluous. The percentage of the human race that is now truly needed to grow all the food. build everything, maintain everything, and provide all entertainment is actually pretty small. I am only estimating but it's maybe like 1 in 4. The only reason most people work is because our economic model forces a huge amount of needless labour by making everything a competition.
Caldwing t1_itlopqi wrote
Reply to comment by Lurkingandsearching in Job hunting in the 1930's, 25% unemployment rate by nsfwdailyy
The modern usage of the word conservative doesn't align very well with historical political terms and I think it's best understood completely separately. When people talk about "conservatives" today, at least in North America, they are referring to people who want a strongman leader enforcing social hierarchies and protecting the ability of an arbitrary elite to dominate the less fortunate.
Historically this described nearly all political entities regardless of their other beliefs. Basically people have been absolutely horrible for most of recorded history.
Caldwing t1_isxl61g wrote
Reply to comment by YsoL8 in The killer ground drone revolution is here. The Netherlands has deployed four armed ground robots or unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), making it the first NATO country to do so. The robots are Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry Systems (THeMIS) UGVs built by the Estonian defense company Milrem Robotics. by mossadnik
Yeah I think the time of people on the battle field (except as victims) has a time limit. In fact I think the end might be closer than most imagine. The first time we see a battle somewhere with regular forces vs a combined arms, semi-autonomous force, the slaughter will have militaries around the world scrambling like mad to transition.
These days a computer can scan a battlefield across multiple spectra, identify targets, and engage them, all before a human would blink. One of the least believable but incredibly common sci-fi tropes is people winning against highly developed machines. There is just no way if the weaponry available to each is otherwise equal.
Caldwing t1_j2tmhan wrote
Reply to comment by hitssquad in In 1930s, Music Defense League launched a campaign against recorded sound in movie and live theaters, claiming that numerous musicians would lose their jobs if "canned music" was preferred over live recordings. by Profanion
I'm not saying they don't have jobs I am saying those jobs themselves are a waste of time.