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I think you should check again, seeing as China has unemployment issues. Something that is very well known and documented. Of course, that would mean you’d have to accept facts, and I think ML are incapable of that. Keep simping!
It's 5.1%
That's considered pretty good in most countries.
So you admit there is unemployment, how do you think other ML are going to react to that statement? Is there 5% homelessness too or are you too scared to talk about it now?
Anything between 4-6% is generally considered full employment by most countries, including the US. At that level the unemployment mostly consists of people between jobs, rather than people in long-term unemployment where they have no hope of finding work.
The homelessness number you're referencing is misleading. They're not unhoused, they're living outside of their registered address. A day laborer that moves from city to city and stays in group homes is considered "homeless" but they're not actually living on the street. Much of rural China has yet to be developed to a level that can sustain employment, so they have to migrate.
Not that you care.
You don’t know me. I care about humanity. I don’t care to simp for any government on earth. So, sounds like you’re the one who doesn’t care.
And so you agree having AI robots take over manual labor jobs is a good thing. And, this would lead to AI taking over non-manual labor jobs—which is a good thing, right? Because when no one has any work to do… you firmly believe the people in power will just provide utopia for all…. Right? You agree? AI is good, and to you love it?
You can't stop socialism.
You can't stop AI.
We will win, and you can't do anything about it except rage on the internet.
I WANT socialism lmfao. But you don’t support socialism. You support fascism.
You, the "I hate all countries" individualist, wants "socialism", but without automation.
Is this that "fantasy utopia" you keep bringing up? Because it certainly doesn't make sense in the real world.
And fascist? Really? Oh wait to a neoliberal like you that just means "bad foreigner who kill whitey".
Automation is fine as long as that automation comes with the benefits being given to the people in the form of financial security regardless of work availability.
But, that’s not the direction the world is headed.
If this was an article about how the USA was buying robots, you’d be mocking the USA, not defending AI!
The "i call everyone i talk to a fash" knows which direction the world is headed?
X doubt
Also, you clearly have no idea what I'd do. Why would I attack the usa, you said i'm a fascist, they always bootlick the usa.
Or was that a lie?
You think there is only one group of fascists?
Oh wow.
Do you want to work for a wage for the rest of your life simply to survive? I certainly don't.
We have to be careful, because if the AI which automates our labor is owned privately then it will be used to eliminate our jobs and then eliminate the surplus population left behind. AI which is owned collectively, however, will liberate us from work.
We just have to get to that stage of collective ownership. China hasn't reached that stage of socialist development but they're closer than anyone else and seem to be progressing in that direction. Not that you care, you just want to pick fights.
Tell me, do you truly believe that the direction of the world right now is actually going towards utopia? You look around and you see this?
You’re a joke. You’re queer and you simp for a country who wouldn’t even let you marry. You’re a “communist” and you simp for a country with billionaires. You’re probably pro union, and you simp for AI taking over jobs. You probably love to quote facts and link to data, but you simp for a pipe dream AI utopia that is unlikely.
I’ll tag you so I remember to mock you if you ever make Luddite-like comments about AI. 💋
But hey, you got that fifty. Good job.
... you're really proving my point. You don't care about anything I have to say or any of the facts or data that I quote or link to, you just want to pick and win fights.
It doesn't matter that I find the LLM bubble stupid and I don't think we're even close to AI replacing human labor, because I dared correct you about China. It doesn't matter that I think China isn't far enough along the path of socialist development for it to actually be a good thing when AI does replace human labor. It doesn't matter that my support for China has a lot of caveats and criticisms, some of which do surround queer rights. None of that nuance matters, nothing I say matters, and nothing I believe matters.
All that matters is that I'm in the way and that you need to tear me down so you can win the posting RPG.
There will be a point where it can take our jobs, though. The question is if the AI be privately or collectively owned. If its privately owned, we're fucked and we're all going to be turned into paperclips. If its collectively owned then we can decide which jobs are eliminated and the people who have had their jobs eliminated can help decide what they get to do next, now that they're free.
You’re right. I have won this stupid internet contest. You didn’t correct me about China, you agreed with me. You confirmed there is unemployment in China—which contradicts your comrade. And since 5.1% isn’t a “big deal” then you agree that the US has no unemployment problems. Which is hilarious!! 🤡
And you’re right, nothing you say matters. Nothing you believe matters. All that matters is what the Chinese Capitalist Party tells you to believe. The hive. You’re as brainwashed as every other American.
Keep on playing the victim sweetie, I have a feeling you’ve been playing that card your whole life.
The sheer amount of intellectual dishonesty you've displayed here is deplorable. The other person tried to engage with you in good faith, explaining how you're twisting the facts, but you just double down instead of having the integrity to acknowledge you were wrong. It's frankly pathetic behavior.
Trump supporters love that word deplorable haha fash.
🤡
They said "China doesn’t have problems with homeless or unemployment" and that was correct, 5.1% unemployment is full employment. You're just too up your own ass to communicate with, you just want to "win" instead of talk like a reasonable person. You see me as something inhuman, just another mindless NPC to crush with your incredible intellect.
This wasn't a contest and you didn't win anything, you just ruined a discussion for no reason with endless hostility.
Double back, fash. lol
People who support actually existing socialist states are fascist actually. Peak liberal intellect on display here.
You support a capitalist fash regime. So you’re fash.
I don't support a capitalist fash regime, but evidently you're so ignorant that you can't tell the difference between communism and fascism.
Can’t have billionaires and communism at the same time. That’s not communism. That’s capitalism with extra fash.
How to say you're an ignoramus without saying it. China is a socialist state led by a communist party. Socialism is the transitional stage when the working class holds power, but the established relations have not yet abolished. Anybody with even a minimally functioning brain would understand that you can't just flip a switch and go from one type of system to another, that there would necessarily be some sort of a transition period.
Source: it came to me in a dream.
As expected, lol. Thanks for admitting it at least.
Glad to admit that I know you're full of shit.
lol. Fash
you didn't have to spell it out for us, your comments have already made it crystal clear
lol. Nice try fash.
I'd be so insulted by that if I had a shred of respect for you.
Likewise fash.
define what you think fascism actually is, I'll wait
Fascism is a political ideology characterized by authoritarian power, extreme nationalism, and the suppression of political opposition.
Which is quite literally what the USA and China do.
The term authoritarianism is utterly meaningless because all governments rely on coercion to maintain their authority. The state is fundamentally an instrument that’s used by the ruling class to maintain its dominance. The whole notion that political systems can be neatly categorized into authoritarian or democratic binaries is deeply infantile.
The reality is that every government derives its authority from its monopoly on legal violence. The ability to enforce laws, suppress dissent, and maintain order is derived from control over police, military, and judicial systems. Whether a government is labelled authoritarian or democratic, the fundamental basis of its power lies here. Therefore, the only meaningful questions to ask are which class interests it represents, and to what extent can it be held accountable to them.
What ultimately matters is which class controls the institutions of state violence. In capitalist democracies, the government represent the interests of the economic elites who fund political campaigns, own media outlets, and control key industries. Western public lacks the mechanisms necessary to hold the government to account, and the ruling class is disconnected from the broader population. That’s precisely what’s driving political discontent all across western sphere today. Meanwhile, in so-called authoritarian regimes, the ruling party serves the working class as seen in countries like China, Cuba, or Vietnam. Hence why there is widespread public trust in these government and they enjoy broad support from the masses.
The fact that you have political understanding of a small child really explains a lot about this whole discussion.
It’s amazing how you type so much so fast.
It's amazing how you think that your trolling is so original that I have to come up with a fresh response to it from scratch
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