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Re:Amazon UK pays corporation tax for first time since 2020 by kypro on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @10:19AM (#41708814)
I don't fully agree with it, but the argument is that automation increases productivity and creates new higher paid jobs allowing human labour to be used for more useful things than just moving boxes around warehouses.
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Re:Amazon UK pays corporation tax for first time since 2020 by tharmas on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @11:00AM (#41709295)
Agreed. And it would help if that automation/designed was made in the UK.

But they have cannibalized local businesses on the high street.

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