"The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. The Greeks were quite right there. Unless there are slaves to do the uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends."
--Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895)
Even if machines can do factory work, or even clean the house or cook dinner, will they ever be able to take care of children, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled?
"They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed nor excommunicated, for they have no souls."
--Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), Case of Sutton's Hospital
But they should be. An international body has to regulate international corporations.
--Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895)
Even if machines can do factory work, or even clean the house or cook dinner, will they ever be able to take care of children, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled?
"They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed nor excommunicated, for they have no souls."
--Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), Case of Sutton's Hospital
But they should be. An international body has to regulate international corporations.
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