3 ms·
> I mean... we did put nearly all the horses out of a job. Ditto oxen and other beasts of burden. Don't forget farmers. Most americans were farmers in the earl
by brwck 4y ago
> I mean... we did put nearly all the horses out of a job. Ditto oxen and other beasts of burden.
Don't forget farmers. Most americans were farmers in the early 1900s. Today it's about 1%.
Sure, jobs were eventually created for the unemployed farmers but "robots taking all the jobs" was a cataclysmic event in the early 1900s. You could argue it was the driving force for much of the 20th century. WW1 was primarily a result of european and american societies having excess population to "thin out". The excess population was also a reason for the anti-immigration movement that dominated the first half of the 1900s.
"Robots taking our jobs" isn't the end of the world. But it can be very painful.
- ChatGTP 4y agoI actually wonder if the farmer metric is true ?
- peteradio 4y agoGet outta here robut!
- thewarpaint 4y ago> WW1 was primarily a result of european and american societies having excess population to "thin out". Source?
- colonCapitalDee 4y ago> WW1 was primarily a result of european and american societies having excess population to "thin out". No. Some actual reasons for WW1: Franco-German animosity, the famous web of alliances, advances in weapon technology and accompanying arms races, nationalism, and cold geopolitical calculus (Germany thought their power relative to the other Great Powers would decline in the future).