tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post8696669654151936382..comments2024-01-20T02:06:45.388-08:00Comments on The Political Omnivore: Politics in 2050Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-76730773710601594102015-03-24T06:53:41.046-07:002015-03-24T06:53:41.046-07:00I actually have a couple of posts on human-replace...I actually have a couple of posts on human-replacement by machine (if you've not read them). For your enjoyment:<br /><br />http://politicalomnivore.blogspot.com/2014/03/will-you-be-replaced-by-machine.html<br /><br />http://politicalomnivore.blogspot.com/2014/01/folding-fitted-sheets-are-next.html<br /><br />http://politicalomnivore.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-future-of-work-ssi-and-citizens-wage.html<br /><br />-The OmnivoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-43297603398573740932015-03-21T11:38:13.107-07:002015-03-21T11:38:13.107-07:00Thanks for your take. Very interesting topic and f...Thanks for your take. Very interesting topic and fun to extrapolate current trends. You hit on one of the biggest likely drivers of political realignment - the continued disappearance of good jobs. Firms always cycle between focus on 'efficiency' and 'growth', though the growth phases always inherit the lower staff baseline of the prior efficiency phase. This will, IMO, drive a new populism that unites parts of the left and right in ways we haven't seen before. It also opens up the possibility that the right drops the 'culture' focus for a 'jobs' focus, which could also shift the spectrum to the left (if you buy the argument that a major part of the Republican party base currently votes against their economic interest by voting Republican).<br /><br />Net-net of all the trends, I think we'll see two things.<br />1. A redefinition of the political center, moving to the 'left'<br />2. An increasingly vocal/angry/possibly violent fringe who are rebelling against modernity more than any one party or person.<br /><br />We'll see.Stanleybostitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806163739407718704noreply@blogger.com