Remember when justin bieber was popular.. none of this shit seemed to be as important

When someone says that automation will destroy jobs

automation just raises the requirements

umm, no

True, mining, car manufacturing, and cheap clothing all automatic now unless it’s a custom job

previously 200 jobs - replaced by one maintenance guy... new jobs, yes, but not an equivalence

but should we employ people just for the sake of employment when a machine does the job better?

You’d be wasting money to competition at that point unless you do custom work. Even then many machines could be used in places of humans

here's the thing

machines are taking over

so welfare employment is just not an option and I dont understand why it is even a question

so that means machines need to make everyone's lives easier

including the unemployed who are only unemployed because machines made them obsolete

yes

and I say that as someone who can't be replaced without a fricking skynet AI

makes no sense to increase productivity and reducing buying power of the population

someone needs to buy the stuff you can produce so easily now

"get rid of jobs" "don't bring in more jobs or supply anything for those you unemployed to do"

"man why are all these people unhappy and unemployed"

like, if people flooded the trades, we tradesmen would be screwed, because we're only in demand because everyone thinks being a tradesperson is for uneducated artards (since you're supposed to go to university to learn useless garbage instead)

@Angus But then we'd actually have demand for quality labor

nowadays the retards go to university while the smart person learns a trade and makes bank

the only thing required to be a quality labourer is having a good work ethic and protein

yes, bare muscle is the cheapest part of a human he can market

@Angus Oh, I was implying the skilled trades, like electrical and plumbing.

Either you're union, or you're not.

I've seen both do hatchet jobs that look like a horror film

genitals are above that, and actual brain power on the top

you're joe blow labourer probably does about 20% of what someone who actually gives a shit will do

yeah I meant like, literal trades

that you need to apprentice for

yes, a tradecraft is something useful

underappreciated

all the tradesmen around me are nearing retirement

there's 1 other guy but he's 34

yeah in my craft as well, a whole bunch of old farts

so it seems like nobody wants to enter the trades nowadays

want to earn silly amount of money if you have the strength and mind for it, become a tower climber or lineman as they are always in demand everywhere

yeah I don't want a job where the mortality rate is over 1%

otherwise I'd do ocean welding

then become a normal electrician and specialise in low voltage alarm systems. you will have like 250 days of travel each year from all the jobs

"low voltage" "anywhere from 25-699v"

I love that definition