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Current formulated by Srnicek and Williams that seeks to accelerate automation and reclaim technology for the left, advocating the end of work, universal basic income and shorter working hours toward a post-capitalism of abundance.
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I want to accelerate automation and reclaim technology for the left, abolishing work with universal basic income toward post-capitalist abundance.
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Leans further toward progressive than 90% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, it sits practically at the catalog median.
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A Canadian political theorist, Srnicek advocates left accelerationism, proposing to use technology, automation, and basic income to move beyond work and build a post-capitalist future of shared abundance.
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The most populous US state, California is a global hub of technology and culture, with strongly progressive, environmentalist, and technocratic politics and a gigantic, innovative market economy.
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