Universal basic income is essential if we want to build a bright future in the age of automation. 

Seriously. The 40-hour work week was codified in 1940, before computers did anything. Per-hour productivity has more than quadrupled since then, but we’re working even harder, to live not all that much better. It’s absurd.

No, it’s not absurd, it’s deliberate. The ruling class wants us to work as hard as possible, so they have profits to skim and pile up.

I’ll reblog this every time I see it:  Before the 40 hour work week, we had the 80 hour work week, the 100 hour work week.  What got us 40 hours?  Unions.  Want a work week that reflects productivity levels?  Unions.  Want UBI?  Unions.