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Re:Amazon Go by leereeves on Monday December 05, 2016 @02:51PM (#13108724)
And that's a fight that will be prompted by high unemployment after automation replaces many jobs.

The transition will be difficult (they usually are) but the end result (more free time for everyone) sounds good to me.

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Re:Amazon Go by RobertoG on Monday December 05, 2016 @03:09PM (#13108954)
I hope so. But history tell us that the first reaction to high unemployment and bad economic conditions is the dark side of politics.
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