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Offline kimmy

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Re: Automation Culture
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2017, 10:18:50 pm »
Hyperbole.  Starvation is not a problem.

Yes, hyperbole.  But we are going to have more and more broke people who can't afford to buy anything beyond the basic necessities because there is no work they can do that provides income.

The thin edge of the wedge is already here, as illustrated by the increasingly frequent business trend articles lamenting that millennials are wrecking our consumer-driven economy because we don't buy houses, cars, golf club memberships, wine, and so-on.

Economic disruption is a problem and my easy answer is to use the economic savings to fund the transition.

Those aren't "economic savings". Those are increased profit margins, and they go into the pockets of the shareholders who own the businesses that own the machines that produce the goods and services.

Those people aren't going to fund jack **** out of the goodness of their hearts.

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