A Plan in Case Robots Take the Jobs: Give Everyone a Paycheck

[littleGreenDude]

In Case Robots Take the Jobs[^] Takes Marx one step further, now you don't even need to have ability. Well, now I feel better. :rolleyes:

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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. Karl Marx

[Duncan Edwards Jones]

If wages drop, by definition this makes demand for goods and services drop - so if we automate everything and wages drop to zero then demand for anything except life essentials will drop to zero and there will be no reason for the robots to make anything.

[wizardzz]

Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:

there will be no reason for the robots to make anything.

Well, they will need to keep making robots and robot parts, to keep us enslaved.

[Johnny J]

Well, you're assuming that robots will gain intelligence and consciousness some day... :doh: But why would they ever do that? I has yet to happen to the human population... :rolleyes:

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[wizardzz]

They don't need to be that intelligent, just more intelligent than us.

[Jorgen Andersson]

So why aren't we enslaved yet? Uh, oh!

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

[wizardzz]

There's still like 3 or 4 smart people left somewhere out there.