Quote Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff View Post
When you decide to come back to this instead of taking the ball and going home (since we sent it back to your court), some other things you might consider....

Worlds population, growth, verses food, water, power, and other resources. What happens to immigrants in times of war. Prejudices against immigrants in other countries (both illegal and legal, you know examples here, then UK has an example of Polish, etc). You seem to forget that tech crosses borders, so HUMAN's will adapt, as other countries will become automated as well or have lack of job and fighting for resources, while your trying to be leisure at others expenses.
What is amazing to me is that there are people here who don't seem to understand that I am not talking of a life of leisure per se - I'm talking about avoiding a collapse of this society in which in the future there will be many fewer jobs. To prevent revolution the government is going to have to do something and social welfare is already very expensive. Offshoring US citizens to lower cost locations - say a good place would be Columbia, which is overall much safer these days than in the 80's and wise first world folks these days are actually retiring in Medellin which was once a very Juarez-esque place of danger - would make whatever monies the US can pay out for social welfare go further. I am really only being cold bloodedly practical here - really, even more realistically conservative than a Republican in this stance. I just don't have the loyalty that seems to be expected from US passport holders but I'm incapable of such loyalty to any country.

Moving beyond this last statement, I really have to ask - if you don't like this idea, fine. Then what do you bring to the table to solve the upcoming problem of mass automation of jobs? I see disparagement of my idea but no solutions being brought to the table as to this problem. No one says you have to like my solution. But what do you bring to the table instead in regards to this problem? I wait patiently as I send the ball back to the court as it were.

This could actually be a very interesting discussion if focused upon solutions for the upcoming mass loss of jobs due to automation rather than dwelling on the politics involved with my solution (it is a solution, and to date I don't see anyone else offering a solution that has disparaged mine). Seriously....can anyone come up with a solution other than mine then? Here is a prime example of why I am a liberal - at least I bring a solution to the table. I don't see such very often coming from conservatives. You know that saying, "Man Up?" So often I want to scream at conservatives, "Solution Up!" I won't scream here though, lol, this is meant as civil discourse. So I'll just say, please, someone, offer an equally effective or even better solution than mine. Ball in other court. Rob