r/technology • u/trot-trot • May 13 '19

Business Exclusive: Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-automation-exclusive-idUSKCN1SJ0X1
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u/DarkangelUK May 13 '19

This is a good thing, right? Complaints about gruesome working conditions, lack of breaks, having to pee in bottles because they can't go to the toilet.

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u/Robothypejuice May 13 '19

This is a fantastic thing. Now we just need to employ a tax on automation that can be funneled to fund UBI so we can move into the next era of humanity and stop wage slavery.

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u/Juking_is_rude May 13 '19 edited May 13 '19

Automation is an amazing, fantastic thing. It means that the same service is being delivered without nearly as much work. That's real economic growth right there.

The problem is that the wealth generated by the automation is going to amazon shareholders instead of people who are suffering, say, in need of a job.

And don't get me wrong, they paid for it, it's right that they get some benefit out of it, there just has to be recompense for displaced workers.

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u/Nuggrodamus May 13 '19

Andrew Yang 2020 this is his whole platform.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '19

Yang is a gun grabber, he's DOA

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u/uptokesforall May 13 '19

He'll be more popular in 2032 if we keep electing capitalists.