This question is for liberals only

[Billy000]

I already know what the rightwing will answer with.

Should there be laws limiting a company from investing in technological automation that replaces human labor?

The keyword here is limit, not eliminate. This problem is only going to get worse and worse in the coming decades.

 

[Lakhota]

No.

 

[Billy000]

No.

Why do you say No?

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

I already know what the rightwing will answer with.

Should there be laws limiting a company from investing in technological automation that replaces human labor?

No. Provided they satisfy all contractual obligations to their employees - I have no problem with it.

 

[Billy000]

I already know what the rightwing will answer with.

Should there be laws limiting a company from investing in technological automation that replaces human labor?

No.

Why no?

 

[ScienceRocks]

No,

I believe the shitty jobs should be done this way and that food production can be done this way to feed all of our people.

Saying that everyone needs to work crappy jobs or starve is idiocy.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

I already know what the rightwing will answer with.

Should there be laws limiting a company from investing in technological automation that replaces human labor?

No.

 

[Lakhota]

No.

Why do you say No?

Because human evolution has every right to automation. However, those displaced humans must also benefit from that same automation.

 

[Billy000]

Haha I can't say I'm surprised by these answers. It is a pretty radical position. I'm interested in some reasonings though.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

I already know what the rightwing will answer with.

Should there be laws limiting a company from investing in technological automation that replaces human labor?

No.

Why no?

Why yes? Do you not like the standard of living available to us in 2015? Because if the law you want to exist did 200 years ago, we'd be living like the Amish.

If you want to live like the Amish - you are free to, but don't impose it on the rest of us.

 

[Billy000]

No.

Why do you say No?

Because human evolution has every right to automation. However, those displaced humans must also benefit from that same automation.

That's a fair point about consumers benefiting from it, but i don't mean to bar the investment completely. I mean limit it.

 

[Wyatt earp]

I already know what the rightwing will answer with.

Should there be laws limiting a company from investing in technological automation that replaces human labor?

Wow you are actually posting what liberals are thinking?????

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

No.

Why do you say No?

Because human evolution has every right to automation. However, those displaced humans must also benefit from that same automation.

That's a fair point about consumers benefiting from it, but i don't mean to bar the investment completely. I mean limit it.

To what end? So that the affected businesses can go out of business for failing to compete with the rest of the world and have to lay off their employees anyway?

 

[Billy000]

No.

Why do you say No?

Because human evolution has every right to automation. However, those displaced humans must also benefit from that same automation.

That's a fair point about consumers benefiting from it, but i don't mean to bar the investment completely. I mean limit it.

To what end? So that the affected businesses can go out of business for failing to compete with the rest of the world and have to lay off their employees anyway?

The concern I have is that this problem will only get worse and worse in the coming years. How else can it be dealt with?

I can't imagine automation would be the damning variable in global competiveness. I don't think any current automation is a bad thing.

 

[rdean]

I already know what the rightwing will answer with.

Should there be laws limiting a company from investing in technological automation that replaces human labor?

The keyword here is limit, not eliminate. This problem is only going to get worse and worse in the coming decades.

Worse? Why?

You will need design engineers, technicians, assemblers, truck drivers, people moving inventory, people bringing in raw materials, buildings, sewers, water, electricity, so many good paying jobs. What's not to like? There is more to jobs than unskilled. Skills are something acquired. Something that can be learned. Republicans always insist they are the only people who work but the truth is, they are some lazy people who don't want to learn. It's too "hard".

 

[Billy000]

I already know what the rightwing will answer with.

Should there be laws limiting a company from investing in technological automation that replaces human labor?

The keyword here is limit, not eliminate. This problem is only going to get worse and worse in the coming decades.

Worse? Why?

You will need design engineers, technicians, assemblers, truck drivers, people moving inventory, people bringing in raw materials, buildings, sewers, water, electricity, so many good paying jobs. What's not to like? There is more to jobs than unskilled. Skills are something acquired. Something that can be learned. Republicans always insist they are the only people who work but the truth is, they are some lazy people who don't want to learn. It's too "hard".

No argument it wouldnt be a complete takeover.

 

[Moonglow]

I don't mind automation but I will still cook,,at home...

 

[Jackson]

I already know what the rightwing will answer with.

Should there be laws limiting a company from investing in technological automation that replaces human labor?

The keyword here is limit, not eliminate. This problem is only going to get worse and worse in the coming decades.

You should have asked that about the Industrial Revolution.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

No.

 

[rdean]

I already know what the rightwing will answer with.

Should there be laws limiting a company from investing in technological automation that replaces human labor?

The keyword here is limit, not eliminate. This problem is only going to get worse and worse in the coming decades.

Worse? Why?

You will need design engineers, technicians, assemblers, truck drivers, people moving inventory, people bringing in raw materials, buildings, sewers, water, electricity, so many good paying jobs. What's not to like? There is more to jobs than unskilled. Skills are something acquired. Something that can be learned. Republicans always insist they are the only people who work but the truth is, they are some lazy people who don't want to learn. It's too "hard".

No argument it wouldnt be a complete takeover.

The US, with all the natural gas, will become the number one energy producer in the world. What better place to build robots.

I only listed a few of the needed jobs above. There are all the jobs that would support those automated industries. Just the needed supplies alone will be enormous. All that takes people.