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In a world of truly transformative AI, automating 10 or 20 or perhaps even 100 percent of human labor, work requirements go from cruel to some combination of cruel, bizarre, and silly. They’d be like if Congress were, today, to pass a dedicated law setting labor standards for horse-and-buggy drivers. Imagine telling folks in a world of transformative AI “you have to work to get food stamps.” Work? What work? Unemployment is 30 percent and rising, what are you even talking about?

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[-] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nah mate, people in general across all walks of life have an incredibly difficult time putting themselves into a perspective that isn't their own. Humans are built to be biased towards our personal experiences. It's a trap we can all fall into.

I will agree though that leftists usually recognize it more because a lot of leftist theory was founded as a direct criticism of what became known as right wing ideology and how it engaged in class warfare. It entirely will depend on how educated in theory one is to recognize and understand the alternative viewpoint.

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