Analyst: AI eroding labor's value ends a 10,000-year balance of power
const_reborn · x · 2026-09-30
constreborn argues we are witnessing the end of a ten-thousand-year civilizational balance of power. His chain of reasoning: the monopoly on violence (the state) has captured capital, and capital has just eroded the value of labor — which was the force that historically kept the state in check. With AI removing labor's bargaining power, that check collapses, and he warns there will be consequences.
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