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A comment on Reddit's antiwork sub and the online movement to end work. Parent comment

Re:Reddit's antiwork sub and the online movement to end work by keewee7 on Thursday December 23, 2021 @09:15PM (#29669240)
>Most jobs are just code that hasn't been written yet or simple machines that haven't been built yet.

This is peak techbro arrogance. No, most jobs are not replaceable by code and "simple machines".

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Re:Reddit's antiwork sub and the online movement to end work by zelon88 on Thursday December 23, 2021 @09:52PM (#29669497)
I'm sure manual lathe operators in the 1960s would scoff if you told them by 2000 their job would be done by entry level labor operating robots (CNC machines). And they would have been wrong too, just like you are now.
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Re:Reddit's antiwork sub and the online movement to end work by giraffe_lady on Thursday December 23, 2021 @10:40PM (#29669878)
what do you plan on doing to all the people you won't need anymore as workers.
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Re:Reddit's antiwork sub and the online movement to end work by zelon88 on Friday December 24, 2021 @10:25AM (#29674315)
UBI. Those people get a check in the mail just for being alive. If they decide to find work as a programmer or machine mechanic or something similar then they get UBI plus a paycheck.

UBI by itself is basically a paycheck for doing what you love. Invent a new product. Make projects on github. Write a song. Be happy. Make other people happy.

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