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originally posted by: ObjectZero
a reply to: eluryh22
It looks like fast food chains are looking to move to more machines over having to pay people more. Can't say I'm surprised at this, I'm a little surprised it's taken this long. But with the $15 minimum being pushed around it looks like automation is being rushed along now.
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: ObjectZero
a reply to: eluryh22
It looks like fast food chains are looking to move to more machines over having to pay people more. Can't say I'm surprised at this, I'm a little surprised it's taken this long. But with the $15 minimum being pushed around it looks like automation is being rushed along now.
Except the example in this thread is Robot Automation in China where they make a dollar an hour average, not 15 dollars an hour, and still they are automating.
If it is cheaper to automate than paying a dollar an hour, then the minimum wage argument is a smoke screen.
Business has been automating for years before the minimum wage argument.
I guess what it really comes down to, if we can automate the majority of our living needs, then why do we need business owners to do it when we can automate their job as well?
originally posted by: dragonridr
You forget china is a communist country. There government will actually pay for automation.they will not however pay labor costs. So Chinese companies are difrent then the rest of thr world. If a company in china wants to automate they send a request and they are given money to do so. Govt there will even pay for housing for your workers if requested. But oddly do not consider paying people as a state responsibility
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