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Bernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with it
fortune.com/2026/09/15/bernie-sanders-ai-four-day-workweek-bill/posted in Technology
Bernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with it
fortune.com/2026/09/15/bernie-sanders-ai-four-day-workweek-bill/Replying to @Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
It needs to bring a UBI with it.
Replying to @radiouser@crazypeople.online
UBI without price control is useless. Rent is just going to go up by that amount and same for utilities, food, etc.
Replying to @OrganicMustard@lemmy.world
That would be a profound lack of imagination on companies. Raising prices to cover costs make sense since all businesses will be affected in the same way equally, but to just do it because everyone has more money doesn’t, your competitor might just undercut you by keeping their prices the same, and then get all the profit.
Replying to @echodot@feddit.uk
Lol.
Have you seen how the real economy works? It works by creating monopolies, fixing prices, lobbying for public contracts and subsidies and moving everything into private equity.
Do you think landowners won’t leech every cent they can get away with?
Replying to @OrganicMustard@lemmy.world
landlords are to centralized, and too regulated to provide affordable services
Replying to @echodot@feddit.uk
My sweet summer child…
Replying to @echodot@feddit.uk
That assumes that everything isn’t either owned by monopolies, trusts, or even just companies all agreeing to hike prices
Replying to @echodot@feddit.uk
Speaking of lack of imagination…