Cat and Girl | Mastodon
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BOOM! ‘I’ve invented a machine,’ says Cat, ‘that makes content - so you don’t have to. And watches content - so you don’t have to. I call it - THE ECONOMY!’ Girl ponders. ‘What do I do with all my free time?’ she asks. ‘Work in the coal mines,’ says Cat.
Hmmm… I’m intrigued. I do yearn for the mines
“Why would I work in the coal mines?”
“To power the machine.”
I don’t want that machine
I don’t want that machine
Let’s take care not to lose sight of what billionaire nepo-babies want.
I don’t want what they want
Right. Right. But maybe we should choose democratically - with one vote per dollar not allocated to mere survival…
(Hopefully this sarcasm is obvious.)
I don’t have dollars
In the future, it is the robots who will paint, write, and socialize, leaving us to fold laundry and trim bushes.



