12-20-2016, 02:42 PM
(12-20-2016, 01:30 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: ...
I think there is no hope for these people unless they start voting Democratic. Then they can get government help to retrain, re-educate and/or re-locate; if not for themselves, then for their children who can support them. And failing that, guaranteed income from taxes on the robot and machine owners.
Nice in theory but this completely ignores human nature. When my grandfather had to give up the farm (he wasn't that old, he was around 60), he didn't want to be retrained or re-educated. His absolute last resort - and he hated doing it - was to relocate to his daughter's family home in the city. His choice was that if he had to be dependant on anyone, it would be his family.
There will be exceptions, but as a rule the young people will move away for work, while the middle aged & older folks will stay put, even if it means subsistence living.
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