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patphil

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29. Wodrld wide AI and robotics will result in hundreds of millions of jobs being lost, and markets collapsing.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 07:40 PM
7 hrs ago

Where are the people who lose their jobs going to get the money to live on, let along money for non-essential goods and services? This will cause a ripple effect through the remaining economy, resulting in millions more being put out of work.
And we know governments aren't going to provide for the general welfare in an economy where there isn't anyone left to tax.
One of the first things to go away will be free, open and honest elections. The rich won't allow it.
All this could come to pass in 20-30 years.
If you don't think so, just look how much has changed in the past decade, and we're in the infancy of this whole labor revolution. It's picking up speed quickly.

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I thought his DOGE crap was supposed to save us leftstreet 10 hrs ago #1
Another BSer trying to sell us AI newdeal2 10 hrs ago #2
The jobs are disappearing as we speak. CentralMass 10 hrs ago #3
Can you cite a source here? I'm asking sincerely. Iris 5 hrs ago #34
That's one of the reasons why we are here.................... Lovie777 10 hrs ago #4
A bond villian in the making. CentralMass 10 hrs ago #6
I would say the making is complete misanthrope 7 hrs ago #25
Tax the rich yankee87 10 hrs ago #5
50% Would Do ProfessorGAC 8 hrs ago #20
We need a progressive wealth tax that addresses systemic abuses and prevents the existence of billionaires, period. Moostache 7 hrs ago #30
FFS! 2naSalit 10 hrs ago #7
Says the tax dodger who just demanded 1 trillion dollars and is actively undermining Democracy. Fuck That Guy! chowder66 10 hrs ago #8
Hey Elon, with your trillions, you could do some good. Paper Roses 10 hrs ago #9
That idiot is so full of shit it's a pathetic. Autumn 10 hrs ago #10
I wouldn't trust ONE WORD out of this motherfucker's fucking mouth Blue Owl 10 hrs ago #11
Nationalizing Eloon's loot would help /nt bucolic_frolic 10 hrs ago #12
Just what I was thinking when I read the OP. Ellipsis 8 hrs ago #23
"They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now." sop 9 hrs ago #13
How about real intelligence instead of the artificial kind? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 9 hrs ago #14
Well, of COURSE the solution is NOT to tax the shit out of the wealthiest Americans, bless your hearts! AZJonnie 9 hrs ago #15
Tax Elon to mars and back Blues Heron 9 hrs ago #16
Nazi asshole needs to overdose dalton99a 9 hrs ago #17
THIS is the latest fever dream...... Red Mountain 8 hrs ago #18
Not just migrants misanthrope 7 hrs ago #26
I have a better idea. Let TAX HIM. Volaris 8 hrs ago #19
Yes, eliminating 10s of millions of jobs forever (with shitty AI) is the path to prosperity . . . hatrack 8 hrs ago #21
I believe there is no stopping AI Melon 8 hrs ago #22
Elon Musk is a threat to humanity misanthrope 7 hrs ago #24
Seriously, there was a time when half a trillion dollars was considered James Bond supervillain money. Initech 3 hrs ago #38
Says the clown that built up his businesses on Klarkashton 7 hrs ago #27
Go try that on Mars asshole dweller 7 hrs ago #28
Wodrld wide AI and robotics will result in hundreds of millions of jobs being lost, and markets collapsing. patphil 7 hrs ago #29
How do you get this massive economic expansion with 50 million Americans unemployed from AI replacement? NickB79 6 hrs ago #31
... orangecrush 6 hrs ago #32
I've got a better idea Eloon maxrandb 5 hrs ago #33
Tax The Rich is another way. Iggo 5 hrs ago #35
Robots ... area51 3 hrs ago #36
That's (universal income) not going to happen. CentralMass 2 hrs ago #39
No, the way out of the national debt is to tell a guy who wants a trillion dollars to go fuck himself. Initech 3 hrs ago #37
Funny that.... FormerOstrich 2 hrs ago #40
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