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blueSGL t1_j094ea4 wrote

Reply to comment by Kaining in The problem isn’t AI, it’s requiring us to work to live by jamesj

> "If we don't have poor people, how can there be rich people (like me)"

it's the same argument as those 'if we don't have pain and suffering how can you truly enjoy yourself'

or more simply "removing the toil removes meaning"

and that is a brainworm that far too many people have.

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SnipingNinja t1_j0a3f7u wrote

This is even burrowed deeper than the you need to work ideology, I think you can still somewhat convince people that they don't need work but trying to convince that they don't need suffering to be happy is far more difficult ime

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