i don’t think anyone doubts that certain jobs can be automated away, but what concerns me is how many people point at “lowly cashiers” and gloat “look at how st

i don’t think anyone doubts that certain jobs can be automated away, but what concerns me is how many people point at “lowly cashiers” and gloat “look at how stupidly greedy you’re being by asking for a livable wage you lowly cashier.” the reality is, companies absolutely will save significantly _more_ money by automating office jobs that cost significantly more than a cashier. i’m not a luddite. i live, breathe, play in and firmly believe technology has _potential_ to liberate us, but anyone who celebrates that job automation will harm “the poors” but fails to see that obviously companies will automate their expensive mid/high tier employees asap is allowing their class snobbishness to blind them. everyone in tech is familiar with the joke, “don’t screw with me or i’ll write a bash script that can replace you.”