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by Moshe_Silnorin 3215 days ago
Why would automation hurt us?
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Heck, how does restricting immigration hurt us?
a massive part of our population do no-brain jobs that could easily be automated. do you want 30 percent unemployment?
Yes? The fruitful gains of production don't go anywhere in that scenario. Fire the redundant, replace them with robots, give them a UBI, a library, and a public education that drives them towards passions rather than towards being a good factory drone.
if you really think that's going to happen in the same country where people violently oppose even providing health care to people... i got a new altcoin for you to buy