Redefined Human Privilege
I would like to redefine the word “privilege” for when it’s used to define humans. The level of privilege one has as a human can be defined by what they’ve been given and the level of action taken when their rights in particular are violated. This is why anyone with greater privilege will obviously fight to keep it, to them they are fighting for their rights. I can actually define this without using race, religion or gender as examples (even though they are the most obvious ones).
Consider the recorded music industry. When it first started selling recordings of music for the public to purchase and play at home for their own enjoyment. The process involved large companies of people to design, produce and sell the music players and recordings. As technology evolved, computers, robotics, websites and software were designed to copy the work of the people who made and sold the physical records, and they were all replaced. However if you make a copy of a work produced by Sony Music Entertainment, then you’re breaking the law. The law being that Sony must be paid every time you use a recording of their work. By that same principal, shouldn’t Sony be paying workers every time one of their robots mimics the work done by a worker? Sadly that’s not the case. Sony now makes record profit by not paying the people whose work, by Sony’s own definition, was stolen and there are now fewer jobs as a result.
Today automation like I mentioned above is replacing jobs/people by the millions. Automation that would not have been made possible, if not for the people who did all the work to create it. They’ve had all their hard efforts copied and stolen by those with the privilege to have laws made on their behalf, saying “I can copy your work but you can’t copy mine”. This simple privilege provides them with free money, unearned power and as a result the ability to create new ways to take more from us.
Now consider all those today who have profited from this privilege. I can’t think of one who couldn’t be easily replaced by simple software, because they actually do nothing other than find ways to exploit people with their privilege. The truth is we no longer need these people who are sucking us dry. The only thing between you and them is paper.
Consider the recorded music industry. When it first started selling recordings of music for the public to purchase and play at home for their own enjoyment. The process involved large companies of people to design, produce and sell the music players and recordings. As technology evolved, computers, robotics, websites and software were designed to copy the work of the people who made and sold the physical records, and they were all replaced. However if you make a copy of a work produced by Sony Music Entertainment, then you’re breaking the law. The law being that Sony must be paid every time you use a recording of their work. By that same principal, shouldn’t Sony be paying workers every time one of their robots mimics the work done by a worker? Sadly that’s not the case. Sony now makes record profit by not paying the people whose work, by Sony’s own definition, was stolen and there are now fewer jobs as a result.
Today automation like I mentioned above is replacing jobs/people by the millions. Automation that would not have been made possible, if not for the people who did all the work to create it. They’ve had all their hard efforts copied and stolen by those with the privilege to have laws made on their behalf, saying “I can copy your work but you can’t copy mine”. This simple privilege provides them with free money, unearned power and as a result the ability to create new ways to take more from us.
Now consider all those today who have profited from this privilege. I can’t think of one who couldn’t be easily replaced by simple software, because they actually do nothing other than find ways to exploit people with their privilege. The truth is we no longer need these people who are sucking us dry. The only thing between you and them is paper.
5年前
