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RE: “Pragmatists”: Who’s Gonna Pick the Cotton!? [YOUTUBE VERSION]
It will be interesting to see how artificial intelligence impacts society. The lack of need for low skill labor will make many individuals obsolete and will lack purpose. At that point, how does society rationalize who "deserves" food, housing, education, etc if there simply aren't enough value added roles in society for humans once robotics have become more efficient?
Society, as such, has no legitimate moral or ethical grounds to determine "who deserves" any of those things mentioned. This is why individual self-ownership is the only reality-based, non-arbitrary, and fair way to structure any society, because reality does not make these types of arbitrary conscious decisions. The whole premise of voluntaryism is that individuals are never "obsolete." An individual's basic value is inherent in being human.
So the individual is accountable for their own value and as a result responsible for their own demise should their ability to earn enough to survive fail when faced with competition from machines? Or do you propose that all human life be sustained by society even if their contributions are minimal/non-existent?
Of course everyone is responsible for keeping themselves and their families alive. It’s nature. Cavemen didn’t complain about being oppressed. They went out and got food. Thomas Sowell didn’t complain about being oppressed, he made a name for himself with his mind.
Take out the state’s violence, and the ability to survive becomes a million times greater! But, yes, it’s still your responsibility to take care of yourself. Of course!