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@TruthSandwich @jhavok @futurebird

Of course not. Automation is an inherent driver of capitalist productive improvements. It's one of the things Marx cheered on like a massive fanboy in the Communist Manifesto. However sufficient automation either requires infinite growth to provide additional jobs, or will eventually reduce the demand for labor.

Whether that means the end of capitalism depends on whether Marx was too cynical about society's ability redistribute or not.