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Re:Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her, Then Her Job Moved ... by mikeash on Saturday October 14, 2017 @04:22PM (#15474059)
This sounds like a broken window fallacy to me. Inefficiency can manifest as more jobs, but that doesn't mean people are better off.
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Re:Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her, Then Her Job Moved ... by nine_k on Saturday October 14, 2017 @05:09PM (#15474318)
Soviet Union was a prime example of that: constant lack of people to do work, third-world living standards, and colossal inefficiency.

It ceased to exist mere 26 years ago.

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