• @Donjuanme
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    43 months ago

    I feel like port work will be easier to automate than many other industries, it’s a hectic but very controlled environment

    • @[email protected]
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      53 months ago

      There are many totally automated ports outside the US, unions have fought to keep the US in the stone age as far as ports are concerned. The first automated port was opened in 93.

      • Avid Amoeba
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        3 months ago

        Good. It’s not like the extra margin from eliminating this labor would be passed down to the rest of us. This way the money goes into labor and a significant chunk from this labor to the rest of us, through taxes and spending. Those jobs should be automated when no union labor wants to do them anymore.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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      33 months ago

      I was thinking of other industries. If we automate away all or most of the jobs no amount of re-training will help.

      • Avid Amoeba
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        23 months ago

        And the capital gathered through this automation won’t redistribute itself to keep people fed without a fight.