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Re:Population tipping point could arrive by 2030 by Finnucane on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @01:34PM (#39908518)
Yes, the black plague led to labor shortages, shifting power structures, and the accelerated rise of mercantilism, leading to colonialism and slavery.
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Re:Population tipping point could arrive by 2030 by Ericson2314 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @03:13PM (#39909713)
The population had recovered long before Columbus. The new world labor shortage leading to slavery was a different phenomenon.

But yes labor shortage -> power structures change is good!

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Re:Population tipping point could arrive by 2030 by moffkalast on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @06:12PM (#39911416)
Not so much in our case, now that we have automation it'll be less "power to the worker" and more "nobody wants to work anymore, we'll make do with robots instead".
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Re:Population tipping point could arrive by 2030 by Ericson2314 on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @01:46PM (#39920591)
It still makes a difference. When workers are abundant, the "automation" we get is Uber / DoorDash, which is actually more labor intensive.

People then complaining about delivery fees going up when the labor tightens, that is unambiguously tied to power structures.

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