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I just want to eat fruit and make art
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The Renaissance was a time of a vast labor shortage. This allowed workers to demand higher wages, and it also allowed leisure time to study new things and make new art.
This is true also when you have strong unions to bargain for good benefits. Still, you need to do some work, as opposed to the message of the meme "you have to pay for being alive".
Unions are a band aid solution to capital exploitation.
it's still in their best interest to oppose automation so members can continue to work pointless jobs for a wage.