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I don't want to be mean about it but blows my mind that some progressives are so single-minded about protecting menial dead end jobs from automation. this is literally equivalent to the "if you get rid of slavery how are slaves going to eat and take care of themselves" argument from the 1800s.

@sun I've seen a lot of hub-bub about stuff like art and coding jobs being taken by AI but I can't say I've seen anyone raise a stink to defend the existence of warehouse jobs.

On some level I get it though. People need to make money in order to live, and if you keep taking away ways for them to make money what are they to do?

@pettanko yes I want to see people say "yeah these jobs suck but what are people going to do in the short term" but a lot of the discussion seems to be framed as a human dignity issue, like the value of the work. which just seems like a completely wrong framing. people do that work because they need to eat, not because that work is soul-affirming

@sun "Work is soul-affirming, work gives you human dignity" certainly isn't a take I expected to see from progressives.