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Originally Posted by donquixote99
People are cheaper in China, so there it's more people fewer robots. But robots keep getting cheaper too.
There are getting to be fewer jobs to go around, and this trend will only grow. The only actual solution is the guaranteed wage, which will fund consumption and keep the economy turning. What's the difference to the economy if the consumer's consumption is funded by work, or not? If matters only if too many freeloaders would impact the accomplishment of needed work. But if that's not the case anymore?
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But don't expect the Republicans to come around to this sort of thinking for decades, if ever. Disdain for the 'lazy' may be in their genes.
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Kurt Vonnegut wrote about this 65 years ago, in a book called
Player Piano. It has probably been 40 years since I read it, but it sticks in my mind.