Most fears in the comments here are uncalled for. Let me narrate to you an alternate view from a formerly a socialist country, India. Prior to the mid 90's the

Most fears in the comments here are uncalled for. Let me narrate to you an alternate view from a formerly a socialist country, India. Prior to the mid 90's there was immense resentment towards computers, there were heavy import duties on computer products and anything related to them in general. It was so expensive to work with automation that it almost throttled the economic growth for a good two decades. I hear a lot anecdotes from my dad from around 80's. Unions in India called for a national strike, like a total shutdown when the prime minister wanted to introduce computers to the country. It was believed job losses would be so immense it will impossible for the ordinary person on the streets to meet the basic needs. Also around about that time, most factory assembly workers used to protest against PCB assembly machines all the time, government offices hated digital record keeping etc. I remember even in the 90's telephone connections used to take years to get, and things like TV's/Refigerators used to be considered very expensive to own. When Washing Machines came around most people used to identify the lazy with those buying these machines. Yet today all of this is common. Every house hold has these devices. And the introduction of computers and automation only increased jobs and overall quality of living has only improved.