07-09-2017, 10:38 PM
(07-09-2017, 10:09 AM)gstanford Wrote: The rich don't need perfectly functioning military robots. They only need robots capable of automating jobs, robots that have existed since the early 1980's in industry, but haven't been used to their full capacity due to unions/historical job concerns.
There won't be any former worker revolution because the former workers will be on a basic income/stipend.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-guarantee...1464969586
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/j...unemployed
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/j...ic-incomes
Trust me the rich have thought all this through thousands of times more thoroughly than Trollo has!
This doesn't just lead to income replacement for the poor, it ends up improving work conditions and pay for the jobs that are left, particularly the unattractive but necessary jobs. Which leads to those jobs being done better which helps society overall.
Quote:In a book published ahead of the Swiss referendum, Straub and his co-authors argue that a basic income pegged at such a level would not only free people up to do important work that is currently not incentivised by markets, such as care and climate change research, but also lead to higher wages for unloved and low-paid “dirty work”.
“If these jobs are really indispensable, then they have a social value and should be appreciated more,” he says. “If no one else wants to do them, they should be more highly paid. Work conditions would have to be improved so that people do these jobs.”
A. People working retail and driving vehicles for a living may be able to research what looks good on the menu at McDonalds, but they're not handing out groceries or driving people to work because they are scientists on sabbatical. That is easily as crazy as the stuff you and SB say!
B. "We've been wrong all along Louie! You make those urinals shine and now we're going to pay you like a urinal polisher should be paid!"
Domo arigato GStandroid, domo.