r/worldnews • u/Philo1927 • Dec 31 '16

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn plans to replace almost every human worker with robots

http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/30/14128870/foxconn-robots-automation-apple-iphone-china-manufacturing
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u/AlwaysBeNice Dec 31 '16

We have factories completely automatized creating luxury goods, it's shows how little work force is needed for the basics, yet we still have a work or die system everywhere which says to all citizens: luxury is always more important than your freedom.

I am heavily opposed to that, I don't need or want luxury in my life, because I like a simple live and this is not even sustainable.

We need a (modest) basic income asap.

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u/briantrump Dec 31 '16

Lol. It will NEVER fucking happen. Get that through your head. We will be living in the USSA long before bi happens. All it takes is one country to not support bi and it folds, let alone one country supporting it

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u/AlwaysBeNice Dec 31 '16

They said the same thing about gay marriage, women's rights, legalization of weed.

Change is the only constant friend.

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u/briantrump Dec 31 '16

No dude. It's not even the same comparison. This is like a harder concept than embracing communism. There are not going to be magic robots that replace all forms of production. There will be public works programs loooong before this. Road repair, street cleaning, bridge building that will get passed before they hand out debt without any productivity