Replacing citizen-soldiers with robots will have profound societal impacts. A major force behind the liberal-constitutionalism movements of the 19th century was the replacement of small professional armies with levée en masse armies. What happens in a country where robots can do the fighting and a governing elite does not need ordinary citizens to be soldiers?
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09/03/2019 9:45:35 AM PDT by
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To: C19fan
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09/03/2019 10:27:42 AM PDT by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: C19fan
Watch the British TV show “Black Mirror”.
The episode “Metalhead”
It is about robotic dogs.
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To: C19fan
Asimov is spinning in his grave.
To: C19fan
This is what I pay for in taxes...not paying for illegal aliens and their welfare crap.
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09/03/2019 10:48:12 AM PDT by
max americana
(Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy it. I hope every lib die.)
To: C19fan
And the purpose of prominently displaying a cross in the article’s illustration is....?
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09/03/2019 11:44:10 AM PDT by
QBFimi
(It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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