Tbh, immigration isn't the worst "solution".

We do have an overpopulation problem. Well, an overconsumption times overpopulation problem, really.

We could fix that by either consuming less (which we apparently, as a species, really don't want) or by having fewer people (which we apparently really want).

So, in the end, reducing population isn't a real problem. Even if the population shrinks by 50% each generation (~25 years, for the sake of the argument), there will still be 250mio people left even after 5 generations. The trend should probably be reversed sometime then, but until then it's really not an issue on the species survival aspect and it would actually be really good for the planet and our long-term survival.

But until then we have mainly one problem: our economic system is based on infinite growth, which can't work. So again there are two main solutions: either we bring in people from other countries, who benefit from a higher standard of living here while supporting our economic system, or we get rid of the real parasites and freeloaders in our societies: the ultra rich. And again, for some reason we really don't want to get rid of the rich.

*peertube

Jesus, yeah, I have a lot of friends in that position... I was lucky enough to be able to quit before things became outright quicksand and am looking into completely different professions at this point. I don't want to touch a computer for anything other than fucking about in my free time. Maybe some data entry, but that's it. At least the diversity somewhat negates the impact of just how dire things are, I guess.

I honestly don't know how we'll get ourselves out of this one if things keep going the way they have.

I don’t know your stack, but I’ve heard Wikimedia Foundation has quite a few remote positions open.

I would legitimately take Camacho over orangeboi. Camacho at the very least pointedly consults an expert.

At least idiocracy was fun, and not a huge depression hole

Ooh, well, thank you kindly for clarifying the first one, at least! I was always under the impression that, although oil (or lack thereof) caused that apocalypse, the nutsos were just driving around on diesel all day long, and it kinda' didn't make much sense to me:)) But, hey, fast cars go boom, brain happy!

I agree. But in the meantime we are getting killed.

And the few people left with the ability to clean up the mess will make bank.

I think you're wrong. But not because you're illogical. On the contrary I think you're thinking rationally if you assume businesses are running to make better products. If you do. You're right.

These companies are not running to make better products than their competitors. They are running to monopolize their industry to a degree that gives them enough power to sell absolute garbage.

Look no further than the gaming industry. This is the exact type of garbage we are seeing from other industries now.

They are not interested in making better products. They are interested in making profits. And if the entire market is held together by 2-3 major players all replacing workers with AI slop they will have no reason to change. They will all do it together.

No amount of "indie" projects will ever threaten their market domination.

This is then future that will happen. Don't expect "markets" to save us from this. The myth of "free markets" is how we got here in the first place.

Realistically... which company will do that? Honest question.

Absolutely the way to go. But will they be able to do it fast enough before being pushed out by market forces?