[digitalzombie]

Automation is going to happen anyway.

There are several ways we can deal with it.

1. We can set up a social safety net to transition displaced workers to a new trade/career.

2. Protectionism.

3. We do nothing.

4. basic income

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Doing nothing is silly.

Basic income isn't going to pass in USA, universal healthcare haven't even pass yet.

Protectionism goes against capitalism and it doesn't help in the long run. It just extend a dying market like coals. We chose to become specialized a long time ago and not specializing is crazy.

So the most sensible thing is a safety net.

[RobertoG]

The elephant on the room, the old question that it seems nobody wants to mention is, in a totally automated economy, "who owns the means of production?".

I don't think we are going to arrive nowhere in the discussion until we face that question.