[robertlagrant]

It's true that a lot of the fashion industry appears to be pretty disgusting. But that doesn't mean that it would be better if fewer of the steps were automated.

[MSFT_Edging]

Local communities would be stronger and more resilient with more local crafts-people providing meaningful labor within said communities.

Currently, everything is extraction and the US is rotting from the inside out because of it.

[robertlagrant]

People can do that right now; they just choose not to. I don't think you can do simple moralising at the state of things and point the blame at a single cause.

[colinmhayes]

Or people would consume less and therefore be poorer.