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Re:A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society? by DyslexicAtheist on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:04AM (#26001730)
> Because if they are simply being faded out of existence (replacing retiring drivers with AI), there won't be any ex truckers to smash the trucks.

counterpoint:

> Well paid drivers no longer exist. The last time he has seen a local work as truck driver was in mid-2000 and meanwhile salaries have dropped to ~€700 and less therefore only some Eastern Europeans can justify that working as a driver still makes sense for them. -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25891779

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Re:A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society? by herewegoagain2 on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:27AM (#26002029)
You mean Brexit was kind of UK truck drivers smashing the trucks (because of cheap competition, and AI would be even cheaper, so more truck smashing)?
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