"I guarantee AI run by a totalitarian 'socialist' government would be far less humane than AI in a capitalist federalist republic."
very likely false: see the book by albert syzmanski I linked in my other comment. Also, China actually puts regulation on their ai to, among other things, minimize harm to the public, ecological harm, etc. Other, already existing, socialist states already have as well.
"All states have a monopoly on violence over their citizens."
Yes, true. The point of scientific socialism, by its own program, is to minimize the harm associated with that state of affairs (pun intended) as a transitionary period between the current capitalist system and a future, more egalitarian global stateless system of governance.
"Paying people for their labor at a negotiated price in a free market is the great humanitarian invention capitalism offered the world,"
That's true, and very much improved upon feudalist systems. Capitalism is a very large step forward from that. Socialist systems, however, account for the vast majority of the uplift out of poverty in the last century (worldbank, of all sources https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstrea... )
"where before the status quo was domination and slavery."
still is. Capitalism oversaw the greatest amounts of slavery in history via chattel slavery and the imperialist system that perpetuated it. America had its deadliest war over the question, well after capitalism was firmly established. We still see it via our carceral system of forced labor creating goods for our market. Also, domination still occurs, see the nations we routinely invade, as well as the other books I mentioned elsewhere in this thread for a more complete scientific view.
You would also probably like "Inventing Reality" by Micheal Parenti!
very likely false: see the book by albert syzmanski I linked in my other comment. Also, China actually puts regulation on their ai to, among other things, minimize harm to the public, ecological harm, etc. Other, already existing, socialist states already have as well.
"All states have a monopoly on violence over their citizens."
Yes, true. The point of scientific socialism, by its own program, is to minimize the harm associated with that state of affairs (pun intended) as a transitionary period between the current capitalist system and a future, more egalitarian global stateless system of governance.
"Paying people for their labor at a negotiated price in a free market is the great humanitarian invention capitalism offered the world,"
That's true, and very much improved upon feudalist systems. Capitalism is a very large step forward from that. Socialist systems, however, account for the vast majority of the uplift out of poverty in the last century (worldbank, of all sources https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstrea... )
"where before the status quo was domination and slavery."
still is. Capitalism oversaw the greatest amounts of slavery in history via chattel slavery and the imperialist system that perpetuated it. America had its deadliest war over the question, well after capitalism was firmly established. We still see it via our carceral system of forced labor creating goods for our market. Also, domination still occurs, see the nations we routinely invade, as well as the other books I mentioned elsewhere in this thread for a more complete scientific view.
You would also probably like "Inventing Reality" by Micheal Parenti!