I want to own the value I produce. Currently I sell my time to an owner. The value I produce through my work is sold by the owner. Any excess after costs goes to the owner. The owner did not work to produce the value.
Why should owners be supported by the excess value produced by workers?
If I spent the time to dump the human boss off my back, I would not turn around and give that power to a computer. Worker controlled labor puts the power in workers’ hands.
Computers can help with communication of needs, but power should stay with workers.
Star Trek is an example of a post scarcity society. I worry about persisting military rank instead of a horizontal power structure.
Absolutely. Capitalism enforces a different heirarchy where power resides with owners. The owners then suppress the power of the workers.
Can we do better? I hope so.