nobody does

tarriffs are being applied in response to tarriffs having been applied.

I think its funny how touchscreen kiosks aren’t a new thing but they’re still seen as new

in hopes, tarriffs are removed.

i don't use them. and they aren't here anywhere i go.

Robots have an unfair advantage. They don't need to sleep and don't take sick or vacation leave. I insist we negotiate agreements with then that automation only operate 40hrs a week and take three weeks off a year. If they won't, we tax them for unfair advantage.

:p

the whole point is that that then increases supply

That's not the same thing lol

thus driving prices down

in that system you might aswell just not have robots

y you want me to spend more on my damn beans, yo?

ban them outright

So you want to raise the cost of robot production to be like humans, therefore removing the advantage of them being able to produce things for cheaper meaning you can buy them for cheaper.

I go out of my way to avoid automatic sales stations in meat space

This is why redistribution doesn't work.

Or we tax them

I worked retail and know what our is like

If you give everyone basic income, that becomes the new poor who can't afford to live.

and besides, you are kina missing the point. Robots aren't competing with humans, here in the US, they are competing with slave labor over seas.

My point is I see it as directly comparable to the current trade debate

we don't

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You've not sufficiently argued that case

Robots are competing with humans

And will increasingly compete with humans

they don't compete, humans can't keep up they can't compete

Exactly

That's my point

Humans don't compete with robots, we make robots to do things we don't want to do.

So tax them for thier excess production

So, if you are against slavery, you have to be pro-robot

Robots will lower the costs

since you no logner need the labor payment

Which is why we should be afraid of thinking machines that can self improve

so instead of having to tax them to keep up with prices

just have the prices lowered

But then wealth will flow unrestrained to those who own the robots.

Why?

yeah, in just as small a portion

And we end up with even more inequality that the populace is already restive over