The End of Work, and therefore of "less government" memes

[David Horn]

Our very real threat to face has to do with the structure of a society that highly values private property, but not the work that created it in the first place. As work is displaced by automation of one form or another, how will we adjust? The assumption has always been that the lowly paid workers would be the first to go, so don't raise the minimum wage, but it looks like much of what we called mid-level white collar work will go first. That's the entry level work of college graduates, primarily. What then? This isn't even on the radar, so it's not an issue for this 4T.

My take is simple: we'll wait until there is no other option, and seize much of the wealth corporations create, which will be a bloody mess. This will be the central issue of the next saeculum -- worldwide! I hope the Millennials are ready to lead. The next 2T will make the last one look like a walk in the park. The 4T to follow will finish the transition to a different world.