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.
In the future, the robots will paint, write, and socialize, leaving us to fold laundry and trim bushes.
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
That’s okay, the machine wants you.
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



