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Re:Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' by anigbrowl on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @04:04PM (#11772664)
The laws of supply and demand mean that the artisinal jobs will in turn become shitty and low margin because of the oversupply of cheap labor.
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Re:Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' by artursapek on Thursday May 26, 2016 @08:22AM (#11777338)
Well I'm also assuming people will also spend a lot less of their lives working. Otherwise you're correct, there will be a huge oversupply of labor.
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