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Prosper

(761 posts)
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:52 AM Sep 2019

Fallacy forwarded by some that robots create more jobs.

Assuming price of product to sell was determined in part by cost to produce. Then labor would be part of that cost. Robots would significantly reduce cost of production. No company yet has reduced the selling price to reflect savings produced by cheaper robotic labor. A windfall profit through fraud. Profit margin is significantly increased . That profit is the money taken away from labor, taken out of hands that would spend it. Recession due to money taken out of the economy. Robot labor should be reflected as tax equal to profit made by the robot. Money needs to be spent to maintain an economy.

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Fallacy forwarded by some that robots create more jobs. (Original Post) Prosper Sep 2019 OP
Robots aren't workers. Robots are unpaid slaves that don't buy the company's products. DetlefK Sep 2019 #1

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
1. Robots aren't workers. Robots are unpaid slaves that don't buy the company's products.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:57 AM
Sep 2019

If the companies stop paying employees, how are the employees supposed to buy the companies' products?

If consumers are supposed to buy products manufactured by robots, where do the consumers get this money from???

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