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It doesn't seem like the value of human labor is going away. If you look at luxury goods, they're still "handmade". Telecoms still advertise human representatives. Nursing homes still charge massive amounts for personal service.

What's changing is how much of that surplus value is captured by the workers doing the labor.



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