Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots

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spurgeonryan said:

ohmylanta003 said:
Everyone here needs to seriously step back and consider the immense benefits this will eventually have. Our world will become a better one when we don't have fucking slaves in factories working for little pay in shitty conditions repeating the same task over and over for God knows how many hours. It's better this way.

Yes, in China those slaves will move on to better things, like eating bamboo as they are forced to become tentless or homeless. Much better, but at least they will be free.

I'm sure that's exactly how it'll go. Lol. We have to start somewhere. Jobs phase out. Skills phase out. That's how this world progresses. Think of the people who used to be paid because they could write a book (scribes). They're gone. Did people complain about the printing press? Lol. No! And even if they did at the time, no one is complaining now, because this world wouldn't be even remotely the same without that progression. Progress needs to and will always occur. In the short run, it is detrimental to a small group of people. I'm the long run, it is beneficial to everyone.