Men Without Work (2016)
Many men who would have done well as labor or middle management in, say, 20th century factories, now find themselves the victims of a rapidly changing, ever-more-concentrated, ever-more-automated global capitalist economy that has less and less need for them. And to them it <i>feels</i> as if no one cares about them.<p>To riff on Churchill[a]: Capitalism is the worst economic system ever invented... except for all others that have been tried from time to time. It&#x27;s <i>ruthless</i>.<p>There may be a better system... but it hasn&#x27;t been invented yet. For now, we must figure out how to make this horrible system -- capitalism -- be less horrible, including for all those men who now find themselves marginalized by it. If we blindly let AI-powered software &quot;eat the world&quot; unfettered, without humane constraints, we&#x27;d only see greater concentration of economic and political power going forward, which would likely end up in some kind of really ugly societal breakdown.<p>--<p>[a] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;winstonchurchill.org&#x2F;resources&#x2F;quotes&#x2F;the-worst-form-of-government&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;winstonchurchill.org&#x2F;resources&#x2F;quotes&#x2F;the-worst-form...</a><p>EDITS: Many, necessary for more accurately articulating my thoughts.