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This is just a consequence of the semi-free job market the US has. Indeed people would return to work if their benefits were taken but would this be a good thin
by aaalexxjjamess 5y ago
This is just a consequence of the semi-free job market the US has. Indeed people would return to work if their benefits were taken but would this be a good thing? Should people be forced to work like this? These jobs will soon be automated anyway. The key question is how we can share the benefits of automation widely such that we don't have giant swathes of penniless workless population.
- cowgoesmoo 5y agoPeople have been saying automation will make a bunch a people unemployed "soon" for how long now? 10 years? Yet we still reached record low unemployment pre-COVID. Once automation reaches the level that you describe and there's a labor surplus, then we'll easily have enough resources to support UBI. But don't kid yourself, we're far from that point.