Life is more than Labor

Life Changing Labor

I am a Son of the South from agricultural forebears. In my youth subsistence-level labor created by the Segregation system furnished wage-slaves to make growing crops more profitable. Segregation had replaced the Bonded Slave system used before the Civil War mostly used to pick cotton. That was a Prime example of creating slaves to enrich the 1%ers.  

It was the invention of the cotton gin that created this very profitable use of Slave labor and later segregated subsistence wage-slaves to support the 1%ers of Agriculture. Then they invented a Cotton Picking Machine. Now no one picks cotton by hand. Another machine had eliminated what the first machine [the cotton gin] created and changed the culture of the South.

The use of computer technology and robotics to automate both the simplest of tasks and the most complex task will eventually eliminate the majority of the entire labor class and the white collar jobs as well. If we do not find a way to distribute income to create a system to distribute food, shelter, medical care, and survival skills, we may end up in a system that effectively eliminates people or creates make-believe work to keep them busy.

I prefer that all have the freedom to find their own creative path to life fulfillment.  By distributing Universal Unconditional Basic Income to purchase sufficient food, adequate shelter, medical care, transportation, and learning skills to pursue their passions, we can create a new entrepreneurial culture. That will give meaning to each life by permitting the individual personal choice of Life Paths.  We will create for each the unalienable "Right to Pursue Happiness".

by William Hodge