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Brutal paper: automation may lead to political repression. As automation shifts income from labor to capital, workers become poorer, revolt becomes more likely, and elites face a choice: redistribute, slow automation, or repress. But here is the issue: redistribution becomes more expensive precisely when automation makes labor less necessary. Repression, by contrast, becomes relatively more attractive. Therefore, elites may prefer repression to slowing down automation or redistributing its gains. This is the dark political economy of AI. So far, much of the debate has been about: “AI may take your job.” But economistar Daron Acemoglu, and colleagues Arda Gitmez, and Mehdi Shadmehr make a deeper point: AI may reduce the political need to care whether you have a job. The future may not be redistribution. It may be surveillance, control, repression. * Full paper in the first reply.

Bolivia's neoliberal govt has just declared a state of exception and ordered the military to break all strikes and protests. Human rights are now formally suspended, serious repression will be launched at workers who are still mobilised.

some days its really just like

Have you seen the news about Israel attacking Egypt? Me neither, because Egypt has not been attacking Israel. 100% of the countries that do not attack Israel are not attacked by Israel.

how long did yall beat your head against that wall before giving up? i think i learned that it was hopeless by my second minimum wage job

As long as Stalinism is a threat to the international proletarian revolution is as long as I and many others will fight against it. Stalinism is one of the greatest reactionary forces, a force we as communists must fight back against, violently and fiercely.

As formas de gelo das geladeiras em 1930. Por que saímos disso?

So where was the communism?

NEW: Cuba's government proposed its biggest economic overhaul since the 1959 revolution, seeking to revive the economy under mounting U.S. sanctions. The plan would allow private real estate development, permit private banks, convert some state firms into share-based commercial companies, and reduce restrictions on private businesses. Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said the reforms would use market mechanisms to improve efficiency while remaining consistent with Cuba's socialist system. The 175 proposed measures require approval by the National Assembly.