• rbhfd@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Do you think farmers should not use any tractors and pick their crops using manual labour?

    That would also create a lot of jobs.

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      1 year ago

      The problem is that better wages, better working conditions and fewer hours were never a result of technology freeing up workers, but strong labor movements. The technology only allows capitalists to keep increasing productivity without letting it cost them more.

      So tech isn’t bad. Farmers produce more food, which is good as we need that. But yeah, as a farmer you’re not looking at a growing labor market.