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Businesses are investing capital in automation rather than hiring people in large part because laws artificially inflate the cost of labor. The government keeps
by rubashov 15y ago
Businesses are investing capital in automation rather than hiring people in large part because laws artificially inflate the cost of labor. The government keeps making it worse with things like obamacare. I'm pretty sure CVS would rather have plenty of cashiers rather than self-checkout machines, but hiring them has become uneconomical despite very high unemployment.
- msutherl 15y agoI totally don't understand this perspective. I use automated checkout at every opportunity – despite the fact that it sucks – because the sooner people never have to suffer the indignity of being a cashier again, the better! Repetitive, dehumanizing jobs are a means to an end for those with no privilege. The challenge of this century is to find better means to that end.
- queensnake 15y agoYou and I cancel each other out - I always try to use a human checker. > Repetitive, dehumanizing jobs are a means to an end for those with no privilege. Well that's better than /no/ means to the end, of living. > The challenge of this century is to find better means to that end. We haven't found it yet, have we? So in the meantime you should be nice, and support humans.