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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
During the civil war in the US the GDP of the North rose even though most of the men went to fight in the war. At the same time the GDP of the South collapsed even though most of the work was done by slaves who did not go to the war. Mechanization allowed women to do the farm work that used to require several men.
Ever since the industrial and technological revolutions people have been frightened that the changes would result in everyone losing their jobs, hence the term "luddite" due to a movement to destroy the machines.
But the machines have freed us up to do other work. Women no longer need to be drudges. Yes, their jobs of cooking and cleaning were to a large part replaced by machines, but that simply freed them up to do other work. What woman wants to return to a time of washboards and grinding flour?
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I know plenty of women who would prefer washing and cooking to programming AI. The technology is eroding the value of human beings in how they can contribute to the family/society/economy. Machines become more valuable and humans become less valuable by the measure of how they contribute to the economy or society. We see this already today where a company will spend hundreds of thousands on a robot and its maintenance but will pay their workers pittance.