Opposition to this isn't "if not trade, automation will destroy your jobs!" Feels like "nyah nyah nyah". Instead—politics of valuing humans.
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If trade & automation *have* to happen in current form like forces of nature, then politics means nothing. So, many vote to burn it down.
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These currents intertwine with racism & xenophobia—common historical pattern. Politics abhors vacuums. If you let it go, others pick it up.
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It's easier to have "the other" - machines, illegal immigrant labour - as a handy scapegoat.
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research i've seen is really they are just used as tools against workers that lack collective bargaining as a defense.
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so i think it's critical to tell folks: if you organize as workers, you can fight this!
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If by "crisis", you mean "unprecedented democratization of human prosperity," then yes. Econ 101: reduce scarcity = everyone wins.
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Just curious -- are you suggesting that automation in production of cars, for example, isn't market driven?
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