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Economy

orwell

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5. I agree...

Reply to Warpy (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 11, 2021, 02:14 PM

Jul 2021

...the explosion in productivity that information technology brought about has transferred massive profits to a very few instead of higher standards of living and shorter work weeks to the many.

There is no reason that we need people working 19th century factory shifts in a modern economy...

But at least Richard Branson can launch himself into suborbit...

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