“There’s a pervasive cultural assumption that people who don’t work are
shirkers or failures, rather than victims of technological change, and
this is an enabler for populist politicians who campaign for support
from the frightened (because embattled) working majority by punishing
the unlucky, rather than admitting that the core assumption—that we must
starve if we can’t find work—is simply invalid.”
Touché, Charlie Stross! Chapeau. And for this very reason, Western societies have been heading towards slavery for years now.
