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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Y'all still feel like animals?

I feel more machine than the robots I work with. A labor unit to be used and discarded when I break down.

[–] AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get you, really, but I don't think Marx could've given robots as an example. I was paraphrasing from Estranged Labour.

Besides, robotics aren't always treated with the carelessness we are. The capitalists own the robots as they were machinery, and you know how scum are when it comes to their stuff being damaged.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

As someone that works with machinery on a daily basis I think they treat us about the same. The machines I work with are barely functional pieces of shit that are only kept going by quick fixes and half measures, just gotta last long enough until it's the next shift's problem! Capitalists treat us the same because the cost to operate and replace us is the same - if the machinery is more expensive they don't buy it, they just scream at us to work harder.