Also, I know this is a tedious point, but if all the call center employees lose their jobs we'll have a mini crisis on our hands.
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
After all we're talking about job loss, which can and probably will hit most of professions at some point in the future. The gp seems to want us to speak out about that? Maybe like this:
> First they came for the Loom Weavers, and I did not speak out —
> Because I was not a Loom Weavers.
> Then they came for the Factory Line Assemblers, and I did not speak out —
> Because I was not a Factory Line Assemblers.
> Then they came for the Truck Drivers, and I did not speak out —
> Because I was not a Truck Driver.
> Then they came for me — and there was no one with Work (Influence) left to speak for me.
where 'they' is either the robots themselves or the ones controlling the robots, and work is inherently worthy or necessary for a human to live. (and without work you are without influence on what happens)
Not being able to work is a disenfranchisement. Today it’s the call center employees, tomorrow it’s the truck drivers, and perhaps in 20 years it’s the software engineers.
Yes, we survived the industrial revolution and a tiny single digit percentage of the population works on farms and maybe this shift is similar. I suppose we will find out one way or the other.
There’s a really good sibling comment to your’s that is now marked dead and hidden by default. Unfortunately disagreement on HN leads quickly to censorship.