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1. Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Sunday, 02-May-2021 14:19:46 UTC Alexandre Oliva

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   the greatest challenge of automation for a capitalist economy is that machines don't produce surplus value, only human labor does
   • Bob Jonkman repeated this.
   • Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 02-May-2021 20:50:43 UTC Bob Jonkman

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     But human labour only produces surplus value when it's being exploited. If humans are paid a fair value for their labour then there is no "surplus", ie. no profit for the corporate owners. This is why I favour worker-owned co-operatives instead of capitalist-owned corporations.