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To: srmanuel
why not driverless big rigs hauling freight all over the country

Why not Gold Medals that fall off and break?

The Dollar continues to de-value while people squeeze the last ounce of profit from businesses that now serve no purpose.

Why would trucks drive all over the country to deliver goods to unemployed people?

Don't get me wrong. I believe people should be employed productively, but this is the failing of "Capitalism" - making money off of capital. It can become a death-spiral of profiteering, just as much as Communism is a death-spiral of tyranny.

America needs a majority of private ownership of businesses, I believe.

23 posted on 02/13/2026 7:40:00 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

First thing I would say is America already has a majority of private ownership of businesses; a huge giant majority is already in place.

Every industrial revolution has begun with people saying this is the end, capitalism has failed, everyone is going to be unemployed, only to have results that showed the exact opposite.

The country didn’t cease to exist with the train replaced horse and buggy, when horse and buggy was replaced by the automobile, when the train was replaced by airplanes, and the computer revolution didn’t end society.

The age of AI, robotics and autonomous vehicles will happen it’s only a matter of when.


31 posted on 02/13/2026 8:14:56 AM PST by srmanuel ( )
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