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Re:DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in ... by darkwater on Thursday October 16, 2025 @11:10AM (#45606372)
90% of what you said still relates to capitalism, more specifically surveillance capitalism.
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Re:DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in ... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday October 16, 2025 @11:24AM (#45606548)
> 90% of what you said still relates to capitalism

It relates to economics. Do you think a central planner would swear off robotics because it feels dehumanizing?

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Re:DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in ... by rozap on Thursday October 16, 2025 @11:36AM (#45606693)
A central planner probably would've built mass transit back in the 50s. And most people wouldn't have cars. And the ones that did would be driving trabants.
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Re:DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in ... by darkwater on Thursday October 16, 2025 @11:44AM (#45606807)
> It relates to economics. Do you think a central planner would swear off robotics because it feels dehumanizing?

This is a straw man. There are many shades of grey between big companies, fueled by cheap VC money, that wipe out taxi drivers associated in small companies by operating at loss for many years and a centrally planned economy.

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