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randycupertino · 2 months ago
https://archive.ph/WkFiN

People act like this will be a huge benefit to quality of life but I don't see how it won't result in massive unemployment and underemployment, especially in this political climate where all social security and safety nets are being cut and eliminated.

tuatoru · 2 months ago
Exactly. If the political class no longer needs healthy, literate soldiers and workers, it's going to stop paying for them.
cool_man_bob · 2 months ago
Even worse, without use for them, they’re a liability. Having a boatload of now useless probably angry is a dangerous scenario. Peasant rebellion are rare, but too happen, particularly when starvation is on the table.

So the play will be to boil the frog so to say. Find a way to make it acceptable to get rid of these “extra” people without too much noise. Consider the current rhetoric around homeless people.