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It's not good that comments like this against the group think are voted down. I certainly do not want my wages to go down, and I am not sure yet that globalizat
by specialp 9y ago
It's not good that comments like this against the group think are voted down. I certainly do not want my wages to go down, and I am not sure yet that globalization is good in the long run. When equilibrium is reached, in a world with infinite resources and space we would all benefit this is true. But in our current situation there will be more demand for limited natural resources if everyone is living at the same standard which will in turn lower my standard as a US citizen.
The greater effect on non ultra wealthy people now is the distribution of the wealth at the top for what is currently the outsourcing class, but is quickly becoming the machine/AI owner class.
- flamedoge 9y agoWages rarely go down, they just replace you. I'm mixed about wages going down. It generally points to cost of computing and developing going down, so it may discourage holding traditional jobs down and encourage people to do more creative things because computing is cheaper.
- s73ver 9y ago"so it may discourage holding traditional jobs down and encourage people to do more creative things because computing is cheaper." It's hard to do creative things when you have to work the gig economy all day to barely afford a cardboard box to sleep in at night.