- June 4th, 2016, 7:32 pm
#510678
I've been thinking about something ever since I mentioned something in the election thread about automation and job obsolescence. I am conservative in most ways you can think of. Most of us here are. We're all about capitalism, government staying out, down with welfare, etc.
BUT, the future is coming. I read somewhere that the largest occupation group in the US is drivers. I don't know if that's true but a lot of people do that. The google cars will put the out of work. Manual labor will one day all be done by robots. That may seem far off right now, but I really think that's going to advance quickly. Whether it's soon or not I guess isn't the point. It's inevitable. IBM's Watson and whatever AI is developed from it is working it's way to eliminating many white collar jobs as well. Even doctors seem vulnerable. So who's safe? The executives in charge of implementing that stuff, artists and other creative types, politicians, and maybe a few other things here and there. At that point, are we all leftists? I don't see any way around redistribution if a large percentage of the population can't earn money to live.
BUT, the future is coming. I read somewhere that the largest occupation group in the US is drivers. I don't know if that's true but a lot of people do that. The google cars will put the out of work. Manual labor will one day all be done by robots. That may seem far off right now, but I really think that's going to advance quickly. Whether it's soon or not I guess isn't the point. It's inevitable. IBM's Watson and whatever AI is developed from it is working it's way to eliminating many white collar jobs as well. Even doctors seem vulnerable. So who's safe? The executives in charge of implementing that stuff, artists and other creative types, politicians, and maybe a few other things here and there. At that point, are we all leftists? I don't see any way around redistribution if a large percentage of the population can't earn money to live.
*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*