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What I get out of articles like this is that economic policy can easily fix the loss of jobs due to automation, but we will likely never see such policy in the
by mnm1 9y ago
What I get out of articles like this is that economic policy can easily fix the loss of jobs due to automation, but we will likely never see such policy in the US. In other words, job loss due to automation is a problem caused almost exclusively by the political system in which automation happens, not with the automation itself. Societies that make the right political decisions to accommodate for automation, like Sweden, have an advantage over societies that don't, like the US. Outside of jobs, this is obvious from comparing the different societies' approaches to education, parenting, and other social necessities, IMO.
- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoThis really depends on what you consider to be an advantage. The US already has a massive advantage when it comes to industrial power and economic output. For those in power, does anything else really matter to them?
- mnm1 9y ago"For those in power, does anything else really matter to them?" Probably not, but I'm concerned about society as a whole, not a few hundred or thousand rich people. They'd be fine anywhere in the world. I'm talking about advantages for regular people who want to make something of their lives and don't have millions or billions in the bank. For these regular people, industrial power and economic output doesn't mean shit when they can't get health insurance, education, or jobs. Industrial power and economic output are irrelevant when you're bankrupt because of medical bills which you can't pay because you don't have a decent job since a bachelor's degree costs more than a lot of houses and education below high school level is almost nonexistent.