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It’s already wonderful seeing touch screens and self checkout kiosks replacing retail workers who hated being there. The only issue is that the highest paid bl
by godzillabrennus 7y ago
It’s already wonderful seeing touch screens and self checkout kiosks replacing retail workers who hated being there.
The only issue is that the highest paid blue collar jobs left are in transportation and construction. Those are on the chopping block.
Then what?
What new system will we use to ensure those people have a life they find agreeable.
- jsnider3 7y agoThis is one of the main arguments people around here have for universal basic income.
- Razengan 7y ago> Then what? Modern solutions for modern problems.
- chii 7y ago> What new system will we use to ensure those people have a life they find agreeable After blue collar jobs are eliminated, people will need to skill up in order to create an agreeable life. The best that the state can do is UBI, but that's not an agreeable life - it should be at best, just life.
- jo-wol 7y agoSoftware engineers are new blue collar class.
- balt_s 7y ago> What new system will we use (..) Starvation, if human history is any guide.