I think we need this to happen. We need McDonald's to move to an entirely robotic store. We need every store to mechanize every thing they possibly can.
That way we can increase our efficiency as a country by multitudes and get on with the nasty part of Universal Base Income.
It has to happen. And for America, as a competitive nation, the sooner the better.
>That way we can increase our efficiency as a country...
How are you measuring efficiency here? If it makes sense to hire someone to do something and instead you go entirely robotic, that's the less efficient way to do something.
Seriously? You honestly think that the political landscape is anywhere closer to accepting that kind of socialism? I'm gonna tell you right now that it's not. And even if that automation happens, it's not going to change anything regarding UBI.
Here's the problem: If the automation happens before UBI gets into place, you are condemning those people to incredibly poor lives, and possibly homelessness and starvation.
>Seriously? You honestly think that the political landscape is anywhere closer to accepting that kind of socialism?
If businesses start automating everything, unemployment skyrockets, they're going to be pushed there. They won't have a choice. What do you predict? Half the country is unemployed, poverty is rampant, chaos in the streets, the fatcats in Washington and 1% just sit back and do nothing?
>And even if that automation happens, it's not going to change anything regarding UBI.
It has to.
>Here's the problem: If the automation happens before UBI gets into place, you are condemning those people to incredibly poor lives, and possibly homelessness and starvation.
Here's the problem: UBI won't get into place without automation. If it were up to me, I'd have it right now. But it's going to take motivation by SELF-INTEREST for people to realize that it HAS to happen. That self-interest? The generally deplorable state of their country.
I just want society to progress, that's all. If we were running this country effectively many of the inventions we are only seeing come to market today would have been here long ago. Greed holds us back, greed drives us forward. So let's stop letting it hold us back, let's push for automation, and then watch the chips fall from there.
If you don't think automation will change anything, how do you think it will change without automation? Isn't that what you're proposing?
I hate to be that guy, but the people he'll be condemning are most likely the exact same people so opposed to UBI. I have never seen so many "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" as I have in American trailer parks. The most vocal "anti-socialism-anything" crowd is the exact same crowd that would benefit from UBI.
And honestly, that America deserves a rough wake-up call more than any other group. And the sooner it happens, the better.
That way we can increase our efficiency as a country by multitudes and get on with the nasty part of Universal Base Income.
It has to happen. And for America, as a competitive nation, the sooner the better.