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In reply to the discussion: This is why we are not about to be replaced by robots [View all]usedtobedemgurl
(1,137 posts)Here is my reason why robots will not replace humans.
I heard, this week, they are trying to replace restaurant employees, of Carl Jr., with robots. Unless we are really stupid, this trend will not happen. The plus, for the owners, is the short sighted saving of money. I say short sighted because of the down side for businesses, and the public, of this catching on.
Let's think this through. People own businesses to make money. If they do not make money then they go out of business. Now imagine that robots catch on big time. McDonald's uses them, Walmart, etc.....What will happen? There will be a lot less jobs. When there is a lot less jobs then there is a lot less money. When people have a lot less money they are cutting back and not going out to eat or buy things at places like Walmart. The businesses do not make enough money and the stores close down.
Worse than this is the actual impact on our economy and our people. People lose their jobs and theirs houses, possibly their cars. There are more homeless which means less money going into our system. At that point there are also so many people riding our social net that it is stretched to far.
A business cannot survive without consumers. By robots taking over we either need to go to a socialist system where everyone is being clothed and fed or a barter system. It is hard to barter with robots and defeats the purpose of having a business to make money.
I do not know if they have thought through the economic collapse this would bring to our system.