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by danjayh 4181 days ago
It bothers me that the entire premise of this poll seems to be that someone ought to be able to live comfortably on government benefits. Living at somebody else's expense* should be uncomfortable.

* Note - in the case of private charities, where the funds to provide benefits are not collected by force/with threat of imprisonment, I'm perfectly OK with providing higher levels of support.
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CmonDev 4181 days ago
"Living at somebody else's expense* should be uncomfortable"

Better stop automating things than.

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danjayh 4181 days ago
I think that the proliferation of the service industry is a natural response to (and possibly a solution to) the increased automation of manual labor. If I thought it were possible I'd say that the solution was for an increase in knowledge workers (since the automated factories still need them), but many people do not want and/or can't do that type of work.
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zo1 4181 days ago
>"Better stop automating things than."

Well, then stop preferring cheaper products/services.

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