Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee
by anovikov on Saturday July 31, 2021 @06:57AM
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And luddites were right because pre-industrial level of worker compensation, in real terms, was only achieved by the early XX century.
Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee
by scoopertrooper on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:04AM
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Actually compensation for most workers went up dramatically from the outset of the industrial revolution. There just wasn't that much wealth to go around prior to industrialisation.
People have been saying it for far longer than 50 years:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
The trouble is, both sides of the argument are correct. When disruption occurs, many people are badly disadvantaged even if society as a whole moves forward. It would be best to find ways to reduce the impact on the affected people without holding up automation and other improvements which have been shown to be beneficial to productivity in the long term.