Tools have different social functions in different modes of production. A hammer in the hands of a yeoman does not alienate them from the product of their labor, but a hammer that is owned by a capitalist alienates the proletarian from the product of their labor. The hammer didn’t change, its social role did.
Ya, asbestos has “some use cases” but only gives you lung cancer under capitalism
Asbestos is not AI, a frog is not a squirrel. This is silly.
This is a post in ShittyAskLemmy fyi
Yea I know, but you clearly made it after making an AskLemmy post.
So reply seriously there, then
There aren’t any rules against replying seriously, and it seemed to me that you were taking it pretty seriously later on.
Asbestos is not a tool.
Sure it is, it transforms buildings into costly abatement invoices
“Tools are always neutral and a process has no impact on the person performing the process” <— you, definitely not doing black and white thknking
Tools have different social functions in different modes of production. A hammer in the hands of a yeoman does not alienate them from the product of their labor, but a hammer that is owned by a capitalist alienates the proletarian from the product of their labor. The hammer didn’t change, its social role did.
Ah but you twisted my words there. I said a process in the second half of the sentence.
Yes, you said process. I fail to see what you’re accomplishing in calling a program a process vs a tool.