Dam built by robots? Japan's Obayashi tests it out

Re:Dam built by robots? Japan's Obayashi tests it out by numpad0 on Monday July 27, 2020 @06:11AM (#23963690)

I think your comment is downvoted because, to be blunt, it sounded like the author is an asshole, but for the content, it gives me a weird chuckle that racially segregated slavery/human importation is still the first suggestion to labor problems in an American forum like it’s 1920 or even 1820...

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Re:Dam built by robots? Japan's Obayashi tests it out by imtringued on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:19AM (#23963990)

I think it is very weird that you compare less restrictive immigration policies to slavery. Slavery takes away people's freedom. Less restrictive immigration policies grant people more freedom than they already had. People can decide for themselves if they want to immigrate.

It is also weird how you call it racially segregated when it is possible for white Americans to immigrate to India and obtain an Indian citizenship and then have trouble going back to the US.

The closest thing we have to slavery is civil wars where prisoners of war are being forced on overloaded boats that are heading toward Europe. These people probably suffer from the same pain that African American slaves have suffered from but they are not slaves, they are refugees and rejecting them will just result in more suffering, not less. You can call this human importation but it was not initiated by the receiving nations which were actually tightening their borders.

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Re:Dam built by robots? Japan's Obayashi tests it out by perl4ever on Monday July 27, 2020 @06:31AM (#23963777)

This person claimed recently not to live in the US, so I wouldn't assume they are American.

I don't follow your comment about slavery, either. Where did they say it was a solution to labor problems or anything else?

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