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Originally Posted by August

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

I cant tell you how old this 'fear' is... but probably goes way back to the early 70's and as yet has to be realized.

Robots have yet to replace a large enough segment of the working population. Give it time.

If we could get them to pay taxes Id be cool with that :rotfl:

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

I cant tell you how old this 'fear' is... but probably goes way back to the early 70's and as yet has to be realized.

Early '70s? Ever hear of the Luddites?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

Not saying that you would go that far, but

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The principal objection of the Luddites was against the introduction of new wide-framed automated looms that could be operated by cheap, relatively unskilled labour, resulting in the loss of jobs for many skilled textile workers.