A union said Amazon had “been treating their workers like robots for years”.

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  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “Free them up” from employment. These fuckers seem to be trying SO HARD to make every dystopian corporate world a thing.

    Soft plug for Cyberpunk 2077 and Blade Runner if you want to see how that happens.

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      Won’t someone think of the poor 19th century English textile workers! That group still has no jobs today and worldwide quality of life is clearly so much worse for it!

      /s

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      Soft plug for Cyberpunk 2077 and Blade Runner if you want to see how that happens.

      Except reality would be far more soul-crushing, most people wouldn’t have autonomy or success that make for interesting stories. Most people would just have the choice to live in a company office, die to corporate police, or become cyberhomeless.

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      I don’t think many of them even realize what they’re doing. I’m not sure any billionaires truly realize how divorced from reality their little bubble is. It’s the only conclusion I can come to. They legit think all these streaming services are affordable, they legit think houses are affordable still, they think “freeing them up” from employment will make their (ex-)employees happier because they don’t have to work anymore or something. It’s the only thing I can think when I look at just how many outrageously wealthy people would have to be truly evil for this system to turn out the way it is. The only conclusion I can think of is that, for the most part, they’re normal people who got super lucky and are so divorced from reality they don’t realize how hard they’re fucking the system over.

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        It’s the only thing I can think when I look at just how many outrageously wealthy people would have to be truly evil

        Is it evil to have a copy machine? Computer? Cell phone? Car? How about laundromats? The cotton gin?

        Just wondering where you draw the line on “tech that takes jobs”

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          I’m commenting on the part about “freeing up employees” as if they’ll be able to live without a job once their role is replaced and becomes redundant. Robots are cool. Robots should be doing warehouse jobs. I was simply commenting on the choice of words.

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            1 year ago

            That line is about freeing up employee hours to do other tasks

            Shitloads of people in manufacturing, service, and distribution will be losing their jobs in the next decade or so as a result of automation. I just don’t think that’s a bad thing.