.: "oh i should note that i like this quote, this is a very contentious issue from what i can tell. I think its fair to say that a lot of capitalistic production technology advancement is not merely neutral but does carry ideological weight, however that doesn't apply in every case"

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.Aug 29, 2021

In Capital Vol 1, Marx argued that productivity increases tend to lead to a reduction in demand for labor, although Marx celebrated the productivity of mechanization, condemning capitalist relations of production rather than technology itself.

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oh i should note that i like this quote, this is a very contentious issue from what i can tell. I think its fair to say that a lot of capitalistic production technology advancement is not merely neutral but does carry ideological weight, however that doesn't apply in every case

August 29, 2021 at 8:53 PM

.Aug 29, 2021

i like tech advancement in general and think efficiency has great potential to improve quality of life, but i also think that relations of production and the technology itself ought to be challenged and questioned to ensure exploitation is not occuring