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Paolo123

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Thu Feb 6, 2014, 04:31 PM Feb 2014

Help tracking down some Karl Marx writings [View all]

I was having a discussion with someone the other day who told me that Marx said that eventually due to automation that there wouldn't be anything for most workers to do, but that this could be a good thing as in a society that is prosperous but doesn't require labor people could spend their time on arts/music, etc.

I'd never heard this before, can anyone point to any of Marx's writings that discuss this concept?

Sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum.

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Don't know about Marx, Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2014 #1
some helpful links alp227 Feb 2014 #2
thanks nt Paolo123 Feb 2014 #3
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