I remember now

in my area they are

but if there was a small store trying to sell some cheap goods, it wouldn't fare well vs walmart

You're good with US politics

they sell small food stuff, just like Asda

Who are you going to vote for when you're older Sid?

eh idk

tbh

Do you prefer Labour or Conservatives?

cons

defo

I'm for the Conservatives, I hate Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott a lot too

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@hcaez @sɪᴅɪsɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴇ @chad What do you think about the near future automation of jobs that will cause unemployment to rise incredibly as human workers become obsolete and expensive compared to robotic workers? Should we impose regulations on the amount of robotic workers companies can hire, or maybe a base income for everyone since the majority of people will be unable to work?

I think it's a perfect opportunity to invest into infrastructure

there's tons of work that needs to be done there, our nation's bridges need a ton of work rn

that’s actually a good point

But the government can’t employ the same amount of people who would be replaced by machines

And if they did the need for infrastructure upgrades would diminish leaving us in the same place we were

hmm I wanna say you underestimate how much work there is to do there, but I don't know the numbers of potentially displaced workers/how much work is needed for infrastructure

at the very least, I offer it as a partial temporary solution

and a way to make our country amazing in a specific way ya dig

Well think about it though, roughly 250M available workers in the US

if the government employed all of them

We should take 25% of our military budget then put it into infrastructure programs

250M unemployed? is that what's meant by available?

ooooh I love it shadow

No no

Like

That’s just the work force

I don’t know the exact number

oh, the whole work force won't be displaced

Obviously

But the majority will

lots of jobs are safe

By the time machines replace most jobs

The population will have increased as well

you think? where you getting that from. America doesn't have a strong factory presence anymore, and that's who gets automated

I mean I’m also talking globally tho

service and skilled labor isn't gonna go anywhere

oh