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yallerdawg

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3. "Utopian and simple-minded?"

Reply to Herb Spence (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 02:58 PM

Dec 2017

You do understand that technology, automation and robotics are changing the need for labor - the need for us.

We have fewer people in manufacturing, but produce more than ever!

You have a very pessimistic, capitalistic-oriented outlook on what people do.

A basic income is where we start. You think it is human nature to not want more?

Welcome to Democratic Underground?

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The answer to the coming 'Robot Revolution'? Universal Basic Income! [View all] yallerdawg May 2017 OP

+10000000 n/m bagelsforbreakfast May 2017 #1

This is why we deserve to be laughed at sometimes Herb Spence Dec 2017 #2

"Utopian and simple-minded?" yallerdawg Dec 2017 #3

Technophobes are the new Luddites Herb Spence Dec 2017 #4

You need to freshen up your education. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #5