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In reply to the discussion: Within 10 Years Most Workers Will Be "Task Rabbits". R. Reich. [View all]Nay
(12,051 posts)59. It doesn't matter if we believe it or not. Most people can't save a million
dollars when they are in their 30's or 40's to prepare for never having a decent job again. Corporate people, of course, know it's gonna happen because they are the ones directly causing the loss of jobs. They don't care. We are just a cost to them, and as soon as they can make us go away, it'll be more money for them. They don't care if we go die in a corner somewhere -- in fact, that's preferable; we should go die quietly and get out of the way of our betters. No entity, whether govt or corp, gives a RAT'S ASS what happens to all us bottom feeders/losers/useless eaters.
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Within 10 Years Most Workers Will Be "Task Rabbits". R. Reich. [View all]
TheMastersNemesis
Nov 2015
OP
actually, given the number of guns in this country, there will be revolution before that
roguevalley
Nov 2015
#67
The US is turning into just another shit corporation for many people, definitely
RKP5637
Nov 2015
#2
Reich and others have been warning of this for some time. When will people believe it,
appalachiablue
Nov 2015
#26
Tell me something I don't already realize, the wrath is also unnecessary.
appalachiablue
Nov 2015
#62
I look forward to the time robots become our overlords and give us a merciful death. nt
Xipe Totec
Nov 2015
#7
If robot labor is cheaper, then it follows that maintenance robots are cheaper than humans.
Xipe Totec
Nov 2015
#12
That's a question for our silicon based replacements. Carbon is so Cenozoic nt
Xipe Totec
Nov 2015
#14
How much has the cost of public education increased? How are pensions doing comparatively?
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#31
Exactly!!! Just keeping up buying food is outrageous. Crap way over priced. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2015
#34
Dip Shit Reagan Proposed A "Service Economy". It Was Code For Eventual "Task Rabbit" Jobs.
TheMastersNemesis
Nov 2015
#38
Fewer workers, fewer benefits, fewer pensions = higher profit % for investors. But hey---Didn't
WinkyDink
Nov 2015
#43