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[-] Sarsoar@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 year ago

In an ideal world these robots would shift to there not being a need for "unskilled labor" and we would all have more leisure time. In the late stage capitalistic hellhole we are forced to live in, huge organization replace minimum wage jobs with robots and hoard profits and push people further unto poverty, while still overworking and underpaying the few people they do still employ.

If we had a ubi, then robots and self checkouts taking minimum wage jobs wouldn't be an issue because the person who's job was taken isn't just displaced and faces homelessness or death.

So I sympathize with the people who are complaining about the robots. As much as I want a scifi future with a bunch of automation, I want exploitation of the lower class to end first.

[-] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Which is literally what my comment says, it's a work reform problem not a robot problem. This is literally exhausting your anger and energy on the wrong thing. Do you really think destroying some robots will change society?

[-] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Destroying robots won't change society, but it can give you free shit.

[-] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes I'm sure you'll be all for it till someone lifts your shit. Then you'll cry like the little bitch you are. Typical fuck you I got mine mindset.

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[-] funchords@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

The unemployment rates in the USA and Canada are both far below norms. These robots aren't taking anyone's irreplaceable job. Of all the things they are (ugly, intrusive, annoying), one of the things they're not doing is driving up unemployment. At worst, someone has to change jobs.

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