Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life · Mark Linsenmayer
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Show Notes
On "Fragment on Machines" (1858). Shouldn't automating work free workers? Not according to Marx, until capitalism is overthrown. Until then, automation actually just makes labor conditions worse and certainly doesn't give people more free time, since the capitalist keeps all the surplus gained by greater productivity.
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