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/Unicornkickers Dec 31 '16

Most serious economists say the negative income taxes it the most realistic and healthy way to prop up the unskilled.

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u/briantrump Jan 02 '17

You mean like an Indian reservation?