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by rvr_ 1612 days ago
Things got cheaper because they are being made where wages are cheaper. At the end of the day, everything that is a expense to me is a source of income to somebody else. Only robots don't get paid.
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Is it impossible to believe that someone harvesting corn with a combine would be able to sell it for cheaper than if they had harvested it by hand?
> Only robots don't get paid.

Their owners do, though. (And their makers.)