“Conservatives, of whom I count myself one, are labeled “climate deniers” and thus we are made vulnerable by Democrats who convince the unwary of their pseudoscience. We are more vulnerable because we have no solutions because we say it will not happen and too many we appear to be flat-earthers.”
You have it backwards. Coming up with “solutions” to made up problems is playing right into your opponent’s hand. What you’re doing is accepting their false premises, simply because they propandize better than you!
You’re afraid of being labeled a denier. I on the other hand am a proud “denier”. Embrace the insult.
I am not afraid of being called a "denier" I am afraid of losing the next election. I'm sorry if I was not articulate enough, I don't say that we should suggest solutions to global warming, we are committed to "denying" it altogether, and that is as it should be. The point I was attempting to make was to be applied to this wave of technology, this artificial intelligence and automation which will undoubtedly cause some degree of dislocation in the job market.
Our problem is to find solutions both to the threat and to the reality. Donald Trump did that very successfully with respect to globalization.
Consider our Social Security, our health insurance, our pensions, our 401(k)s, our mortgage payments our car payments, college tuitions, ultimately are all dependent on our salaries but to the degree robots replace people there will be no salaries so no Social Security, no health insurance, etc.
Our whole economy is a wage based economy.
This poses a real conundrum for conservatives. Do we tax robots? Do we accede to nutty left-wing demands for guaranteed income even for those who choose not to work? Do we just let the undereducated and the over -aged flounder in misery because they cannot adapt? What do we as conservatives offer as a solution which wins elections and yet preserves capitalism and our liberties? 