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Old 05-01-2017, 09:11 PM   #5
Tyrone Slothrop
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Re: Fighting for our meals, out here in the fields.

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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield View Post
Nor will those of Republicans here or right wing nationalists in Europe. The political problem is the economic problem is immune to a political fix. I surmise "Destroy all the robots" will be next, after we've savaged immigration for a few more years.
Nonsense. The economy's groundrules are determined by politics.

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How are you going to make suicide bombers pay for their actions?
Republican politicians care more about preserving their jobs than anything else.

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The conversation we should be having is a about whether we can use technology to enter Keynes' post-work world. But we'll never have that.
OK -- let's have that conversation. Can we use technology to enter Keynes' post-work world? And what does that mean?
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