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Re:As Families Change, Korea’s Elderly Are Turning to Suicide by kaonashi on Sunday February 17, 2013 @02:08PM (#5236258)
As labor is automated, labor share of profits will fall under current arrangements; and the political pressure to change those arrangements will increase.
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Re:As Families Change, Korea’s Elderly Are Turning to Suicide by genwin on Sunday February 17, 2013 @02:33PM (#5236367)
But the political pressure from the wealthy overrides the pressure from the average person. Hence taxes go up as wages fall in response to labor automation.
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Re:As Families Change, Korea’s Elderly Are Turning to Suicide by neutronicus on Sunday February 17, 2013 @09:45PM (#5237872)
As labor is automated, the only leverages that will matter are controlling natural resources and the capacity for violence.
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