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Re:Tech Titans Amass Multimillion-Dollar War Chests to Fight... by lelanthran on Friday November 28, 2025 @07:23AM (#46078025)
> This shouldn't be solved through regulation. It's on politicians to help people adapt to a new economic reality, not to artificially preserve bullshit jobs.

They already do this[1]. Why should there be an exception carved out for AI type jobs?

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[1] What do you think tariffs are? Show me a country without tariffs and I'll show you a broken economy with widespread starvation and misery.

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Re:Tech Titans Amass Multimillion-Dollar War Chests to Fight... by graemep on Friday November 28, 2025 @09:03AM (#46078737)
> Show me a country without tariffs and I'll show you a broken economy with widespread starvation and misery.

I think that would be Singapore, as far as import tarrifs go? Not much starvation there!

Do you mean taxes? Or excise duties or...?

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Re:Tech Titans Amass Multimillion-Dollar War Chests to Fight... by flag_fagger on Friday November 28, 2025 @01:04PM (#46081078)
How are tariffs supposed to stop domestically produced AI from replacing workers?
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Re:Tech Titans Amass Multimillion-Dollar War Chests to Fight... by lelanthran on Friday November 28, 2025 @02:08PM (#46081737)
> How are tariffs supposed to stop domestically produced AI from replacing workers?

I didn't say it would.

I said that politicians already artificially preserve jobs, and asked, quite legitimately I feel, why should they make an exception for AI?

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