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They should be getting $0 because their jobs can be automated
by fdsfds76543 5y ago
They should be getting $0 because their jobs can be automated
- makotech222 5y ago[dead]
- jdavis703 5y agoDo you really believe port automation is at the stage where it can be fully automated with no port workers? Even at “automated” ports, I assure you there are still port workers to deal with anomalies. And yeah they should be paid more than $0.
- fdsfds76543 5y ago"Not as enthusiastic over automated terminals like LBCT have been the 15,000 longshore workers, including part-time casuals, who man the docks in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the busiest and second busiest in the nation, respectively. Terminal automation poses big changes — and likely some job losses — in those dockworker ranks. LBCT, for example, features remotely run electric cranes gliding back and forth and a computer-controlled stacking system. Multiple containers can be handled by the cranes at one time." https://www.presstelegram.com/2021/08/20/completion-of-long-beach-ports-automated-terminal-hailed-as-creating-a-new-bar-for-the-industry/ https://www.presstelegram.com/2021/08/20/completion-of-long-... EDIT: Apparently my factual post about saying crane operator jobs can be automated was flagged. Incredible
- ihumanable 5y agoWhat's the end of this line of thinking, 12 trillionaires that own all the automation and a vast mass of unemployed people?
- l33t2328 5y agoYes, of course. Why should this not be the goal? If machines can replace all work, you say it’s a better option to keep work around?
- Karrot_Kream 5y agoYes with heavy taxation used to fund a basic income for everyone. I doubt it'll ever be that simple; services still occupy the majority of the US economy. But there's no point keeping work alive just to have people work.