• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    If it’s this useful, we’re (and them) fucked too because the economy would collapse under falling aggregate demand due to falling wages and layoffs. The “people will find new jobs” won’t save us from a shift this large without a depression. And all sorts of things happen during depressions.

    • Reygle@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      I’m struggling to find a scenario in which we are not already fucked. I say we “go for broke” and move on.
      Pop this thing.