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I think this is the big point that we, as a society, are missing. Take a look at Walmart greeters. Why does that job exist? It's pretty much worthless. Now loo
by consteval 2y ago
I think this is the big point that we, as a society, are missing.
Take a look at Walmart greeters. Why does that job exist? It's pretty much worthless. Now look at who works the job: elderly people past retirement age, physically disabled people, mentally disabled people.
Physical laborers often work a physical labor job for a reason. There's a reason they didn't go to college and sit at a comfy desk writing shitty websites.
It's not as simple as "oh those people can just work another job!" Extrapolate this out. Say we eliminate all physical jobs; how many millions of people will be left behind? What happens to them? Do they die?
- ImPostingOnHN 2y agoThis is a great argument for voting in the government most likely to support social assistance, e.g unemployment, retraining assistance, UBI, etc. Regardless of who you think that might be, Americans should make sure their voice is heard on this issue in the upcoming elections.
- consteval 2y agoI agree, but these measures are extraordinarily unpopular with the American public. They won't be forever, but until then, we HAVE to keep around "useless" jobs.
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- seanmcdirmid 2y agoUBI supported by a tax on robot labor might really be the way to go. With the speed that automation is developing, I might see it in my gen-X lifetime.