such a claim. With the introduction
of I.T & Software technology, the
living standards of workers and
toiling masses have not increased.
On the contrary their lives have
worsened even in industrially
developed countries like U.S,
Japan, France, Germany, Britain,
Greece etc since their real wages
have not increased for the past two
decades and the economic
meltdown of their economics have
further worsened their quality of
life.
The prediction that there will
be a reduction in the working hours
of employees and workers with the
radical innovations and technologies is also a false propaganda. No doubt the production
time of goods has considerably
reduced. But the work hours of the
employees, even in industrially
dev eloped
and
advanced
countries have not reduced even
in the present epoch advent to 3rd
industrial revolution. On the
contrary every effort is being made
to increase working man hours,
violating
all
the
agreed
international conventions on
working hours. Due to present day
automation itself, the working hours
of workers or working shifts of
workers are being reduced, duly
reducing the proportionate wages
for reduced working hours or
working production days. That is
why many industrial workers in
developed countries are suffering
with under employment, and are
forced to take up more than two or
three jobs in a day for sustenance.
The prom ise that w ith
automation improvements longer
week-ends and longer vacations
can be obtained and that fewer
working hours will also provide
more opportunities for travel,
eating out and other activities that
create jobs for service workers is
also a myth.
Fundamentally a human being
is worker and who wants to work
with dignity and enjoy possible and
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justified recreation. He doesn’t
want to be idle and aspire to travel
and eating out. If such an
opportunity occurs he uses it, but
do not strive for it. Basically he
strives to lead a good, dignified life
without exploitation or oppression,
with reasonable equality.
So the contentions that days
of reduced work hours and
improvements in living standards
will occur and people will recreate
more and pursue lofty hobbies is
untenable and unfounded, with the
experience of people under a
capitalist system. Such ideas are
mere imaginary to hood-w ink
common people and workers with
an intention to subjugate them to
bear the yoke of the unprecedented
exploitation,
and
oppression caused by the ‘fourth
industrial revolution’ of A.I
technology, artificial intelligence
and automation by the capitalists.
Even the organisation by the
5.gaint companies is in no way
different about its outlook and
attitude towards the disruptive
technology-automation. This is
another f orm creating pub lic
opinion in favour of this A.I
technology that preaches to adjust
with the oncoming attacks of the
automation technology. As they
themselves have announced that
this organisation’s main intention is
to avoid any g overnm ent
regulations to control the
technology and ag