A lot of shortsighted conservatives seem to think that all the people replaced by robots will just disappear or starve to death quietly. Literally - I ask “so where do you think all those workers will go?” and I get blank stares.
What SHOULD happen is the production savings should be reinvested into new industries and jobs for those workers.
But what WILL happen is the government will tax the companies’ savings and use it to increase welfare benefits instead.
So those workers will go on welfare in a shrinking economy.
Thanks to the ‘benevolence’ of their government.
Yep. some just don't want to think realistically about the impact of widespread automation and job elimination. Some are so anti-union and anti-labor that they think job elimination is something to celebrate.
They are very wrong.