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Re:Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing the... by stale2002 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @06:03PM (#18189325)
There is nothing stopping you or anyone else from buying a robot and renting it out or something.

Those workers should feel free to do that right now and spend their money investing in capital.

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Re:Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing the... by lexs on Thursday October 11, 2018 @05:23AM (#18192002)
The lack of capital is probably a factor stopping people from doing that, this feels like a "let them eat cake" scenario.
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