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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by int_19h on Monday May 22, 2017 @10:02PM (#14398287)
Whether we'll get Star Trek or Blade Runner depends entirely on us. Automation enables both of these possibilities, but it also requires political action to adjust the economic system accordingly.

Whether said political action takes the form of ballots and bills, or torches and pitchforks, remains to be seen - it could go either way.

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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by mistermann on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:00AM (#14398907)
Modern democracy is an illusion. Until the pitchforks come out it will be one group after another thrown under the bus.
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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by solonagathon on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @02:31AM (#14399239)
Actually it's the pitchforks that are an illusion. State control today makes subjects docile even when they have nothing to lose.
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