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Karasu

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2. And there you have it. Of course, if you're going to go all-in on automation, you either give everyone a true, living
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 03:02 AM
Apr 2025

Last edited Mon Apr 7, 2025, 05:06 AM - Edit history (1)

UBI for life or you risk a revolution. The choice is theirs.

These fascists think they can have their fucking cake and eat it too. They want people to lose their jobs as an excuse to "save" money by automating and blowing our budget on their AI technocracy, but they also talk about doing crazy shit like extending the fucking work week (which isn't at all viable when AI is already on track to replace so much of the work force) and rolling back child labor laws, all while everything gets more expensive for all eternity, wages never go up, and corporations get to pay people fucking pennies without any government regulation or oversight. It isn't remotely feasible to do all this shit at once. Make up your fucking minds already, you fucking loons.

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Please NJCher Apr 2025 #1
And there you have it. Of course, if you're going to go all-in on automation, you either give everyone a true, living Karasu Apr 2025 #2
Hear!! Hear!! littlemissmartypants Apr 2025 #9
This is an opportunity for Democrats to reconnect with workers. Opportunity for unions too. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #3
If you can get them to stop listening to dumb podcasts mdbl Apr 2025 #5
Isn't Lutnick the idiot who claims I wouldn't miss my Social Security? BarbD Apr 2025 #4
They'll stop your payments. If you call them, then you're fraud. IronLionZion Apr 2025 #11
Non Sequitur modrepub Apr 2025 #6
Please keep putting this man on national television. He can't lose. Alice B. Apr 2025 #7
of course they would be automated if they are ever built to begin with. I have my doubts. nt Javaman Apr 2025 #8
It wasn't 6-7 years ago Fat Hoover was saying the same thing about the Foxconn plant Bengus81 Apr 2025 #15
yup followed that story till it's inglorious end. complete grift. Javaman Apr 2025 #16
Then Gov Walker pushed highly!! riversedge Apr 2025 #18
With every word Abstractartist Apr 2025 #10
Lutnick is turning out to be an utter moron. Lonestarblue Apr 2025 #12
He reminds me of a 1- or 2-episode character on 'Seinfeld' wolfie001 Apr 2025 #14
His voters are the true suckers and losers wolfie001 Apr 2025 #13
"It's automated factories," Lutnick conceded, while promising that American workers would build and "operate" the factor riversedge Apr 2025 #17
The factory jobs of the future... Dulcinea Apr 2025 #19
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