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Re:Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing the... by nerdponx on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @08:03PM (#18190014)
We can't manage it until we remove employment as the sole condition for access to basic services like healthcare. We also need to ensure that people are able to retrain themselves if/when their job becomes obsolete.
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Re:Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing the... by grecy on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:45PM (#18190863)
> We can't manage it until we remove employment as the sole condition for access to basic services like healthcare

Many countries don't have that limitation.

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Re:Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing the... by Schwolop on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:41PM (#18190850)
The rest of the world _has_ worked this first point out. The US is close enough to the only developed country that ties healthcare to employment.

The second point is a given in the more socialised parts of Europe, and is a core tenet of most support programs for the involuntarily unemployed elsewhere.

Which is to say; I don't get your point. Sounds like everywhere but the US could do this right now.

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