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>It does work, for example foxconn has accelerated its move towards replacing employees by robots under public pressure. I'm sure the nearby villages, where th

• bigbugbag 11y ago
  The point was that raising awareness public pressure works to obtain change. But on the issue of the advancement of machinism, the men who got replaced by child paid 1/5th their wage in the 1850's were not happy, those who became unemployment statistics when their jobs were moved to Asia are not exactly bouncy balls of joy. But the fact is Foxconn was planning to replace human by robots because it is cheaper, almost every big industries has plans or is already moving to replace humans robots wherever possible. Fact is low level jobs are going extinct all around the world, it is only a matter of time. Fact is the richest are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Fact is universal income "experiments" start showing up around the world, is it a coincidence or another facet of the radical change of the disappearance of employment for the poor ?
  • fatbob 11y ago
    The widening inequality gap is only within rich countries. The gap between rich and poor countries is shrinking and has been for at least decades.