They do. But the implication isn't (I hope) 'we should tax Edison the cost of every lamplighter and candlemaker job before lightbulbs go on sale'. The answer is a social safety net. https://twitter.com/BestStephen/status/1179386702504304645 …
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Replying to @EmmMacfarlane
I think this is plausible enough in theory but I'll note that a lot of the political turmoil in West comes from fact that in last 4 decades we've had combination of social safety net gutted with swift transformative economic change. So people are wary & scared
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I'm not sure the "social safety net has been gutted" is an empirically true statement. Maybe in the US. Certainly not true of Canada.
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To a lesser degree than USA, yes, which might also explain why our politics have been less poisoned.
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