When it's their whole livelihood, all they've ever known, and their families depend on it? You can hardly blame them. We need to give people other options. A lot of people who work these sorts of jobs don't have the savings that would allow them to retrain. If they lose their jobs, their families are in deep, deep trouble. This is where something like a basic income comes in. It allows workers a floor in the case their jobs get automated away. Gives them a chance to pick themselves up and find something else to do with themselves. Right now, they don't have that, so they -- understandably -- fight tooth and nail against being automated away (to everybody's detriment).