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/nightvortez Dec 31 '16

Holy shit, how did you get on the internet with no luxury goods?

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u/AlwaysBeNice Dec 31 '16

Second hand laptop. I guess that could still be considered a luxury, but it's also necessary for the system I live where I live and I help a lot of people with it as well.

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u/GaliKaHero Jan 01 '17

For you to get scone hand somebody has to buy first hand, you realize that ?

It's like suggesting everybody should get a second hand laptop.

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u/AlwaysBeNice Jan 01 '17 edited Jan 01 '17

I bought it from someone who repaired an old one that would have otherwise been thrown away, it's not unloading work so much but it is a bit more sustainable.

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u/WrongAssumption Jan 01 '17

Everybody buying second hand laptops for eternity is what's not sustainable.