Thats why wouldn't our economy be better in some sectors without competition. Like energy distribution/food. All the worlds natural resources are all of ours, not certain peoples to control and profit from. It should be given to all citizens of the world in the most economical fashion available.
Sure you can still have competition with cars/phones/trampolines they are not bare essentials to life. But my thinking is any product should be built to the best possible standards that it can be, but in today's economy it does not work that way, things have to be replaceable as to keep the consumer market going, its cyclical.
Back to the machine talk.
Yes it takes men to operate control transport and maintain those machines. But machines will always be more efficient and precise than man. So a well built machine even after factoring all human facts should still produce x amount more product then it takes 1 man to create. So lets say back to my original scenario, 10 men 1 machine. Make it 1 machine replaces 5 men, to take in account the machine maintenance and other factors. You still have a loss of 5 men, and compounding that you still are producing more product with less manpower.
I think it all just boils down to man having more free time while our technology has allowed us to do other things besides monotonous tasks.
For instance my job, I'm in IT work. I have automated so many of my tasks with machines, I almost just monitor the automation. Do I have to sit here all day and make sure things run ok? Not really. But that is how our world is set up now. Could I do this job from home? Of course I could. But the world is not set up that way. Our technology is surpassing the current world culture of man. No wonder unemployment is a huge problem, we produce more than enough for all the people, without all the people having to work... IMO.
Sure you can still have competition with cars/phones/trampolines they are not bare essentials to life. But my thinking is any product should be built to the best possible standards that it can be, but in today's economy it does not work that way, things have to be replaceable as to keep the consumer market going, its cyclical.
Back to the machine talk.
Yes it takes men to operate control transport and maintain those machines. But machines will always be more efficient and precise than man. So a well built machine even after factoring all human facts should still produce x amount more product then it takes 1 man to create. So lets say back to my original scenario, 10 men 1 machine. Make it 1 machine replaces 5 men, to take in account the machine maintenance and other factors. You still have a loss of 5 men, and compounding that you still are producing more product with less manpower.
I think it all just boils down to man having more free time while our technology has allowed us to do other things besides monotonous tasks.
For instance my job, I'm in IT work. I have automated so many of my tasks with machines, I almost just monitor the automation. Do I have to sit here all day and make sure things run ok? Not really. But that is how our world is set up now. Could I do this job from home? Of course I could. But the world is not set up that way. Our technology is surpassing the current world culture of man. No wonder unemployment is a huge problem, we produce more than enough for all the people, without all the people having to work... IMO.
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